390 Ancient Sarcophagus, from Dr. J. W. Websites. 
reed-like vegetables have been found, sometimes lying aitiis 
in the-stone, and sometimes standing erect therein ; the in 
side hollow of the vegetable being now completely. filled 
with sandstone, in all respects like that which surrounds it, 
and the vegetable ease or sheath is found converted into 
perfect coal ; * on the outside of which coaly case or sheath, 
the papilia or places where very numerous large leaves 
were once attached to the vegetable, are in general visible ; 
and not uncommonly, particularly in the medium an 
smaller sizes of these reed-like remains, the leaves are yet 
d and in a coaly state, and spread out into the sand- 
stone on every side: it is seldom that these remains are 
quite round, but mostly somewhat oval; particularly to- 
wards the bottom, where they usually swell out into an ir- 
regular club-like form, much more resembling the lower 
parts of coralline and other aquatic stems, than the com- 
Sonne of the roots of a tree, or of any Jand plant; no 
anches have ever been observed, proceeding from the 
fice or the aes. of these remains; but it is very common 
to observe 1 medium sizes of them, to ter- 
_ minate at top = a Taite. bud, very closely resembling the 
top of an asparagus shoot in the state the same are brought 
to market. In a free sandstone quarry on the western side 
of Glasgow, a large organic remain has lately been found, 
which in every essential ae seems to agree with the 
description above mentioned.” 
54, dace ne (J. W. W. re 
te 5 Da oy ‘Clarke has communicated to the Cambridge 
Philose phical Society a discovery which he had made re- 
apecting 4 the su alabaster Ask brought by Mr. Bel- 
per Egypt; and which he had found to con- 
ant tat of on one ie mhass of sR GA > 
. * “« Tes seems mo’ bl t hollow magitebie pipes conte 
ete pedi masses of ng the coal-seams are no 
tops of many ‘infer whase = 
= sa san found ied wi the bad coal, such pipy vegetables, near- 
qui d, and converted i oal, ve: 3 
pilia, es | Ste coo aiece: ing of aan 
collapsed: commonly called. 
the process pry Basten a coal eration of the’ 
‘mass has taken place, b ire all traces Warcaurcction are obliterated.”” 
