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three fractured cervical vertebre ; one fractured dorsal 
vertebra; one fractured lumbar vertebra; two shafts of 
right humeri; a left humerus, wanting the head, or upper 
end; portions of three ulne, one of which exhibits the 
marks of having been gnawed by a small quadruped, and 
is alluded to at p. 118: a portion of the right radius; two 
metacarpal bones; a phalanx of the fourth toe of the right 
fore-foot ; the left femur; the lower end of the left tibia; 
three metatarsal bones; the proximal phalanx of the second 
toe of the left hind-foot. ; 
All the specimens are absorbent and stick to the tongue, 
from the loss of their original animal matter. They were 
found firmly imbedded in stiff clay: some of the bones 
which were on or near the surface of the clay, were coated 
by a thin crust of stalagmite ; and they adhered so firmly to 
the clay, that many were broken by the workmen ‘in sepa- 
rating them from it. 
The above bones constitute but a small proportion of the 
fossil remains that were obtained from the Oreston caverns. 
In the oblique fissure, a and p, (fig. 50,) about forty feet 
above the bottom of the quarry, Mr. Whidbey had collected 
fifteen large maund-baskets full of bones, skulls, horns, and 
teeth, before the arrival of Dr. Buckland, who says, “ In 
the upper parts of the cavity from which they were taken, 
we saw appearances of as many more, still undisturbed, and 
forming a mass which entirely blocked it up, to an extent 
which we could not then ascertain,”’* In a collection sub- 
sequently made by Joseph Cottle, Esq., of Bristol, five jaws 
of the Wolf or large Dog, and five detached teeth of the 
same species were included. 
Dr. Buckland, who examined the cavernous fissures at 
* © Reliquize Diluviane,” p. 71. 
