2 Rev. W.V.Vernon's Fitrther 'Examination of the Deposit 



this examination : details of which the vakie may be judged 

 from the regret expressed by Ciivier, in his great work, at the 

 deficiency of similar data, and his acknowledgement of the 

 uncertainty which it has thrown on some of his conclusions. 



Mineral Contents- 



Yclloiu Sand. — In this and the 

 gravel below it a few pebbles of 

 quartz and sandstone 



Gravel — composed of chalk peb- 

 bles and sharp flints. 



Graif Marl — indented by the 

 gravel in some places to the 

 depth of three feet, and con 

 taining large rolled pebbles of 

 qiiarfz 



Mountain limestone and carboni- 

 ferous sandstone with chalk 

 and flint. 



Black Marl — containing minute 

 pebbles of chalk, very few flints; 

 and at the bottom two or three 

 pieces of a fine-grained calca- 

 reous sandstone, similar speci- 

 mens to which may be found 

 in one of the adjacent beds of 

 the retl marl, but not includ 

 ing a single fragment of remote 

 rocks. No specimen of these 

 was found below the gray marl. 



Strong blueMarl. — Some clay no- 

 ilules found in this 



Flint Gravel in Marl. 



Slroiis blue Marl. 



Flint Gravel in Marl. 

 Red Marl. 



Feet 



10 



11 



12i 



13 



1 

 2 



14 



14 

 15 



15 



18 



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Oy"anic Contents. 



N'o Bones, Shells, or Vegetable Re- 

 mains in the Sand or Gravel. 



\ 



No Shells or Vegetable Remains 



in the Gray Marl. 

 EIephant(Prim.)Numerous small 

 fragmentsof the tusk and tooth. 

 Do. Calcaneum. 

 Do. Three cervical Vertebrae, 

 Do. Astragalus. 

 Deer. Branch of horn. 

 Horse. Radius: lower end. 

 Rhinoceros. Radius: upper end. 



J Bos. Metatarsal bone. 

 \ Wolf. Radius. 

 Elephant. Humerus, and the 



head of it detached. 

 Horse. 1st Phalangial bone. 

 Do. 2nd Do. 



("Do. 3rd Do. (coF Helix.) 



Elephant ? Four caudal Verte- 

 ■^ brae. 



Duck. Ulna. Clavicle. Tibiee : 



lower end. 

 Bos. Bison. Occiput, part of 

 the frontal and maxillary 

 bones and the horns. 

 \ Wolf. R. lower jaw. Condyle of 

 another, R. Humerus, Radius 

 [_ and Ulna, articulating. 

 Bos. Two molar teeth : upper jaw. 

 IVie Black Marl abounds in Shells ; 

 chicflyBlanorbis complan. Lym- 

 nwajmlns.,and in VegetableRe- 

 mains including Jointed stems. 

 Horse. Rib. 



No Bones, Shells, or Vegetable Re- 

 mains in these alternations. 



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