390 Organic Remains in Stissex. 



mined by Professor Buckland, and operations have been com- 

 menced "for the purpose of thoroughly investigating its history 

 and contents. The Bishop has already sent collections of 

 the bones to the museums of Oxford and Cambridge, and in- 

 tends to provide a similar supply for all the principal public 

 institutions in this country. 



ORGANIC REMAINS IN SUSSEX. 



The workmen employed in forming the tunnel under the road 

 at Kemp-town, near Brighton, discovered numerous teeth and 

 bones, which were at first supposed to be part of human ske- 

 letons, but, upon being examined by a gentleman conversant 

 with such subjects, were ascertained to belong to the horse 

 and elephant. Similar organic remains are commonly found 

 in diluvial beds, like that on which Brighton is situated, and 

 are evidently the remains of those land animals which were 

 destroyed by the deluge. The town is built upon an accu- 

 mulation of water -worn materials, which fill up a valley of the 

 chalk. A short time since, a rib of a very large animal, sup- 

 posed to be that of an elephant, was discovered in the bank on the 

 west side of Shoreham harbour. Mr. Mantell has discovered in 

 the iron-sandstone of this county, the teeth of an herbivorous 

 reptile of a gigantic magnitude. This animal approaches nearer 

 to the Iguana of Barbadoes, than to any other recent lizard, 

 and it is proposed to distinguish it by the name of Iguano-sau- 

 rus. Detached parts of the skeleton, as vertebrae, thigh-bones, 

 &c. have also been found, of which a particular account will 

 be laid before the scientific public. Mr. Mantell has part of 

 a thigh-bone in his possession, which there is every reason to 

 conclude is referable to this animal ; its size is so gi'eat, that 

 upon a moderate computation, the individual to which it be- 

 longed must have equalled the elephant in height, and been up- 

 wards of 60 feet long. — Stissex Advertiser. 



CABINET OF MINERALS AT CAMBRIDGE (UNITED STATES). 



The liberality of several gentlemen of Boston, and their de- 

 sire to promote the study of Mineralogy and Geology in this 

 vicinity, have lately been displayed in the purchase of an ex- 

 tensive and valuable collection of minerals, which they have 

 presented to the University at Cambridge. 



This collection is now added to that presented by Andrew 

 Ritchie, Esq. and, together with the specimens formerly trans- 

 mitted by the French Government and the late Dr. Lettsom, 

 with the additions made by Dr. Waterhouse, will constitute one 

 of the most complete and valuable mineralogical cabinets in 

 the United States. 



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