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Lastic (ST. VAL, Vicomte tie) 



In 1863, the Vicomte de Lastic made a scientific exploration of the 

 cavern of Brnniquel on his estate in Tarn-et-Garonne, and obtained a 

 large collection of remains of reindeer and other mammals associated with 

 bones and implements of man. In 3864, Owen, having first taken care to 

 visit the cavern with the Vicomte, purchased his collection for the 

 British Museum, and subsequently described the human remains and the 

 jaws of horses (Phil. Trans., 1869). The human bones and remains of 

 associated animals, with a few implements, are preserved in the Depart- 

 ment of Geoli >gy ; but the principal objects of human workmanship are 

 in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities at Bloomsbury. 



Laur (Mrs. AGNES) 



Collected Polyzoa and other fossils from the Chalk of Riigen, purchased 



Layton (JAMES) 



The Rev. James Layton was for some years Curate of Catfield, 

 Norfolk, and made a valuable collection of the larger Mammalia from the 

 Forest Bed, which was purchased by the Museum in 1858. Some of his 

 observations were published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science (vol. vi.). 



Leach (R. E.) 



Presented bivalves from the Norwich Crag, 1888. 

 Leathes (G. R.) 



Presented shells from the Crag of Suffolk and Norfolk, 1824. 

 Lee (JOHN EDWARD) [1808-1887] 



Born at Hull, Lee early made the acquaintance of Prof. John Phillips 

 then at York and was by him led to the study of geology. During 

 travels, on account of his health, through Scandinavia, Russia, and other 

 parts of Europe, and later, when settled first at Monmouth and finally at 

 Villa Syracusa, Torquay, he amassed a very large collection of fossils, 

 which he presented to the British Museum in 1885. A " Rough 

 Catalogue " of it, printed for private circulation in 1880, gave the number 

 of specimens as 21,854, representing over 9750 species. Some of the 

 specimens were collected by himself, others were bought from dealers, 

 but to nearly all are attached labels in his own handwriting. The 

 collection includes many type and figured specimens of plants and 

 invertebrates. Among them may be specially mentioned the types of 

 various sponges from the Yorkshire Chalk, described by Lee in 1839 

 (Mag. Nat. Hist.)- a considerable number of brachiopods, mostly 

 Devonian, figured in Phillips' " Palasozoic Fossils of Devon and Cornwall " 

 (1841), and by Davidson (Palasontogr. Soc.); types of Euomphalus 

 serpens and Goniatites excavatus figured by Phillips (op. cit.) ; Goniatites 

 multilobatus, Beyr., figured by F. Roemer (Geol. Mag., 1880); the 

 trilobites lllxnus murchisoni and Homalonotus johannis, figured by 

 Salter (Palaeontogr. Soc., 1865-67); the unique specimen of Tricoelo- 

 crinus hei, Whidborne (1889). Lee published a few papers, reference to 

 which and to other fossils in his collection will be found in his " Notebook 

 of an Amateur Geologist," 1881. 



Leeds (ALFRED NICHOLSON) 



For about thirty years Mr. Leeds, of Eyebury, Peterborough, has, 

 with great skill, collected the remains of reptiles and fishes from the 



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