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rich in coal, and at a moderate depth. Any information on the 

 geology of Cumberland bordering the Solway will be welcome to 

 the geologist, as few districts anywhere are so devoid of sections. 



T. V. H. 



DISCOVERY OF MAMMALIAN REMAINS AT 

 SILLOTH. 



In a paragraph in the "Carlisle Journal" of April 27th, 1883, 

 signed J.L., an account was given of discoveries made during the 

 excavations for Silloth New Docks. The uppermost eleven feet 

 showed nothing but sand and gravel. But about sixteen feet 

 below the surface, and twenty feet below the level of low water 

 at ordinary spring tides, there was a band containing shells of 

 existing species of Mussel, Cockle, Oyster, and Whelk. The first 

 mammalian relic was found in gravel, about seventeen feet from 

 the surface, and consisted of an antler of the Red-Deer, twenty-six 

 inches in length, and having five tines. At about the same level 

 was an enormous humerus, which weighed five pounds twelve 

 ounces, and measured eighteen inches in length. About ten feet 

 lower still, and " about three feet above the clay," a large well- 

 preserved vertebra was found, weighing about four pounds. 

 Professor Turner of Edinburgh, has pronounced the humerus to 

 be that of Bos primigenius, and the vertebra to be one from the 

 tail of a Fin-whale. 



Mr. E. T. Newtown, Asst. Nat. to the Geol. Survey, who has 

 (since the paragraph quoted from was written,) also seen these 

 bones, agrees with Professor Turner as to their determination. 



T. V. H. 



