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fangs and other portions of cusps and cementing material ; 

 depth 14 ft. or 15 ft. from the surface and several yards 

 N.E. of («). 



(e.) Metacarpal Bone : — This was identified as belonging to Equus 

 calallus, and was found near the tooth {d. ) ; it was also 

 thought to belong to a young animal, from the even and 

 entire manner in wliich the three portions of the epiphysis 

 had separated fi'om the fractured end of the shaft, to the 

 united fragments of which it accurately fitted. The bone 

 was lieavy and partially silicified, and was covered with 

 a thick whitish crust mixed with sand-grains. 



The specimen was found about 14 ft. from the surface, two or 

 three yards S.E. of the tooth {d). 



(/.) Portions of two Mammoth-Teeth, one shewiag nine of the 

 posterior plates, which were coarser, and less finely plicated 

 in the enamel than the other specimens, the plates also were 

 somewhat curved, less parallel and further apart. These 

 variations may be due to the fragment being from the base 

 of a tooth. The other fragment had ten plates which were 

 longer and presented the ordinary appearance of the other 

 teeth met with, being parallel, close fitting, with the enamel 

 finely plicated along the sides. These were found on a line 

 iN". of {a.) at a distance of several yards in the fine gravel. 



{g.) A fragment of a Molar Tooth of a Mammoth shewing three 

 of the shallow irregularly folded posterior plates with eight 

 closely fitted parallel plates in front, the foremost one being 

 3"i^ long by 2" wide, near this were found some 1 5 fragments 

 of a large bone, the outer surface of many of these 

 presenting characters resembling those of a tusk,* in the 

 denseness, smoothness, and striated condition of the surface ; 

 three of these fragments were 5 and 4 inches long by 

 2 or 1 inches wide, and could be sufficiently fitted so as to 

 show a longitudinal as well as a horizontal curve. These 

 were found on a line with («.) and (/.) and near the latter. 



The workmen reported some traces of ribs in thin layers of 

 bluish grey clay, they were long greyish bodies which fell to 

 pieces when touched, the fragments having a resemblance to 

 the texture of bone. 



(A.) A portion of silicified wood 4"^ by 2"^, but of irregular 

 thickness, from the outside of an exogenous tree, having 

 two holes and several grooves within, formed by the boring of 

 molluscs. This was found in the fine gravel, and was 

 probably derived from the Woolwich bed above the chalk. 



* Two portions of the distal extremity of tusks about 20 in. long were subse- 

 quently found, but were too much disorganised to permit of removal. 



