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Afterwards, in reply to some misgivings of Mr. Fair- 
holme respecting this discovery, Mr. Layton says, “ Your 
doubt, as to the great Mastodon being found in Norfolk, 
eame not at all unexpected. I should have doubted it 
myself, under almost any other circumstances; as it is, 
I feel sure and certain of the fact. I lived at Catfield, 
in Norfolk, six miles from Hasborough, and about as far 
from Horstead. From this latter place, marl is carried 
to all the villages in the neighbourhood, to be spread upon 
the ground. A boatman, who was in the habit of bringing 
me fossils, brought a grinder of this A/astodon as a 
curiosity, saying it had been found in the marl, and given 
him by the head pitman. It was the posterior portion 
of the grinder of the great Mastodon (1 am certain of 
the fact); containing, as far as I recollect, eight points, 
none of which had been cut or brought into use. On 
the first opportunity, I went to make inquiry about it at 
the chalk-pit. The pitman pointed out to me the place 
where it was found; and said that the whole animal was, 
as it were, lying on its side, stretched out on the surface 
of the marl. He described it as being very soft, and that 
a great part of it would at first spread like butter; the 
whole, however, had been thrown down along with the 
marl, and carried away. He said he had looked upon 
it as very curious indeed, but of no use, and he had kept 
that piece of tooth merely by accident. He afterwards 
found another fragment or two of the bones in his garden, 
where he had thrown them, and he sent them to me. 
They are now in my possession; but I am not able to 
identify them with the Mastodon, as distinguished from 
the Mammoth or Elephant. The grinder I sent to Daw- 
son Turner, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, who probably has 
it now.” 
