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and thought that they resembled the supposed chelonian track 
figured by Jardine. Mr. Binney’s conclusion (who read a paper 
on these tracks before the Geological 
Society) was that they were made 
on wet sand by a heavy slow-moving 
animal, like a tortoise, with irregular 
gait. 
Soon after the discovery of foot- 
prints at Corncockle Muir, another 
discovery was made in strata of the 
same geological age at Hessberg, near 
Hildburghausen, in Saxony. These 
footprints, however, were evidently 
made by somewhat large creatures, 
in which the fore paws were much 
smaller than the hind ones (see 
Fig. 2). Subsequently, similar tracks 
were observed on slabs of Triassic 
Sandstone in the quarries at Storton, 
in Cheshire. Others, again, have 
been found in Cheshire. The Museums 
at Warwick, Warrington, and Liver- 
pool, are rich in impressed slabs from 
the New Red Sandstone. Numerous 
fine specimens may be seen in the 
Museum of the Geological Society, 
the Museum of Practical Geology, in 
Jermyn Street, and in the Natural 
Per 
Fic. 2.—Footprints of Cheiro- 
theriwm, in the Bunter Sandstone, 
Hessberg, near Hildburghausen. 
History Museum, Cromwell Road, which is a part of the British 
Museum (Gallery No. XI.). Some of the slabs from Storton are 
covered with small round pits, or depressions, produced by 
