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the fore-part of the canine to the end of the molar series 
five inches and a half; the depth of the jaw below the 
last molar tooth is two inches; the canine tooth is four 
inches and a half in length: the proximal end of a radius, 
the articular head of which exceeds by one-fourth that of 
the largest Lion or Tiger: the head of the femur; one 
metacarpal bone measuring four inches, nie lines in length ; 
and two metatarsals, one belonging to the second toe, 
measuring five inches, five lines,—the other belonging to the 
middle toe, and measuring six inches in length: these 
bones indicate paws as large as those of the great Gailen- 
reuth Tiger, whose admeasurements have been previously 
given. 
The black marl contained abundance of fresh-water shells, 
amongst which Professor Phillips found Limneas and 
Planorbis to predominate ; and he determined that all the 
species discovered in this marl, twelve in number, agreed 
in every respect, even in their accidental variations, with 
the same species now existing in Yorkshire. 
Professor Sedgwick,* who expresses well-deserved thanks 
to Mr. Vernon, for the zeal with which he investigated, 
and the fidelity with which he described, the excavation 
of the several regular deposits at North Cliff, containing 
the Mammalian and Testaceous fossils, observes that :— 
‘“ Phenomena like these have a tenfold interest, binding the 
present order of things to that of older periods, im which 
the existing forms of animated nature seem one after 
another to disappear.” 
* Anniversary Address to the Zoological Society, 1830. 
