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Mantellice, may be purchased of the workmen, to 

 whom they are known as " Crows nests." * 



I am indebted to Mr. Damon, of Weymouth,f 

 for the following notice of localities, which may 

 afford useful hints to visitors : — 



Ringstead Cliff. — From the Kimmeridge clay, Mr. Damon has 

 obtained specimens of Pholadomya, Terebratula, Trigonia, 

 Modiola, Ostrea deltoidea, Mya, Pleurotomaria, PhasianeUa, 

 Ammonites triplex, A. Gowerianus, &c. 



Whitenore. — In the chalk marl, near the base of the cliff, after 

 recent falls, may be collected specimens of Ammonites, Turrilites, 

 Scaphites, Baculites, Terebratula, Pleurotomaria, Natica, Bucci- 

 num, and several kinds of Echinites. The white chalk is not 

 rich in organic remains. 



At Osmington, two miles west of Whitenore, the firestone rests 

 on Kimmeridge clay, and contains Exogyra conica, Peeten 

 quinquecostatus, Cucullea, Serpula, Sharks' teeth, &c. The Kim- 

 meridge clay yields beautiful Trigonia, Ostrea deltoidea, &c. 



On the shore opposite Weymouth, between Redcliff and Os- 

 mington, the Oxford oolite abounds in shells belonging to 

 upwards of twenty genera. 



On the south side of Weymouth, a quarter of a mile east from 



* At the little village of Chesilton, which is inhabited by some of the 

 quarrymen, I have always been able to purchase specimens. Should the 

 visitor wish to obtain a considerable length of the stem of a tree, with 

 branches attached, it may be well to caution him to beware of imposition ; a 

 specimen, sent to me as an entire trunk, was made up of disconnected 

 portions of stems and branches, belonging to several trees, ingeniously fitted 

 and cemented together. 



t A fine collection of recent, as well as fossil shells, properly named, may 

 be purchased at Mr. Damon's establishment at Weymouth ; also most of the 

 rare species of fossils from the neighbourhood. 



In London, fossils from the localities mentioned in the text, properly 

 named, as well as specimens of other British fossils, &c, may be obtained, 

 at moderate prices, of Mr. Henry Stutchbury, 61, Great Russell-street, 

 opposite the British Museum ; and of Mr. Tennant, 149, Strand. 



