304 PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS. CHAP. III. 



Mr. Bensted in the fragmentary and shapeless state in which 

 it was collected, with a drawing and plan of the respective 

 bones and pieces of stone, to assist rne in its reparation. How 

 far the labour spent in its restoration was successful, is shown 

 by the present state of this interesting group of bones of the 

 same individual. 



" The genuine worker and searcher after truth may well 

 conceive my feelings " upon receiving so gratifying a tribute 

 of respect from my fellow-townsmen, and so unexpected a 

 confirmation of the correctness of my interpretation of the 

 scattered bones of a reptile whose osteology presented such 

 anomalous characters ; for to my great delight, I found that 

 every bone I had ascribed to the Iguanodon solely from 

 analogy, was present in the Maidstone specimen. / 



LIGN. 64. IGUANODON QUARRY, or Mr. W. H. BENSTED, NEAR MAIDSTONE. 



The section exposed in the quarry whence this fossil was 

 obtained, is shown in the annexed sketch from a drawing with 

 which Mr. Bensted favoured me, when he delivered the speci- 

 men into my hands. 



The Kentish-rag is seen in nearly horizontal layers, sepa- 

 rated by thin seams of loose sand. A deep vertical chasm 

 intersects the strata, and this fissure was filled with loam, 

 gravel, and other alluvial detritus, which constitute the 



