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the bone was one of the femurs of the fore-paddle of 

 the Plesiosaurus. Here, then, was a discovery well 

 worth all the care, the trouble, and the anxiety which 

 the bone had occasioned. It may also be mentioned 

 that, so far as is known, no other fragment of the 

 Plesiosaurus has yet been found in Scotland. They 

 have been met with in England in the secondary 

 strata, and on the Continent, principally in the 

 Oolite and Lias. The bone in question is now one 

 of the most cherished relics of the Banff Museum. 



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