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A FOSSILIFEROUS STALAGMITE IN THE CUY- 

 AHOGA GLEN. 



E. W. CLAY POLE, AKRON, O. 



[ABSTRACT.] 



In the upper part of the well known Glen of the Cuya- 

 hoga River, in Summit county, there occurs a mass of stal- 

 agmite, apparently filling a crevice in the carboniferous con- 

 glomerate through which the gorge has been cut. 1 have 

 often examined this mass, but beyond its unexpected posi- 

 tion and the possibility that the fissure had some influence 

 in determining the direction of the chasm, I have found no 

 feature of interest. 



A year or two ago, however, one of my students, Mr. A. 

 R. Teeple, while examining the strata in the glen was for- 

 tunate enough to come upon a mass of the stalagmite in^ 

 which he saw fragments of bone. These he brought tome 

 and we soon identified them as those of a tortoise. Several 

 other visits were made to the place and a supply of the 

 material was obtained, the examination of which has yielded 

 the following results: 



In the first place continued search brought to light a 

 very large quantity of the fossiliferous stalagmite, much of it 

 literally crowded with bone, chiefly the limb bones or plates 

 of the carapace. After a time one or two skulls were found? 

 which were excavated in fair condition, but the hardness of 

 the matrix and the brittleness of the bones made the extrac- 

 tion a task of great delicacy and difficulty. So far as it has 

 yet been possible to compare them they all belong to one or 

 more of the common existing species of which a great num- 

 ber o£ individuals must be represented. 



Besides these there were also found the following: 



Beaver, upper and lower teeth. 



Deer, cannon bone, tibia femur, etc. 



