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and thought that they resembled the supposed chelonian track 



figured by Jardine. Mr. Binney's conclusion (who read a paper 



on these tracks before the Geological 



Society) was that they were made 



on wet sand by a heavy slow-moving 



animal, like a tortoise, with irregular 



gait. 



Soon after the discovery of foot- 

 prints at Corncockle Muir, another 

 discovery was made in strata of the 

 same geological age at Hessberg, near 

 Hildburghausen, in Saxony. These 

 footprints, however, were evidently 

 made by somewhat large creatures, 

 in which the fore paws were much 

 smaller than the hind ones (see 

 Fig. 2). Subsequently, similar tracks 

 were observed on slabs of Triassic 

 Sandstone in the quarries at Storton, 

 in Cheshire. Others, again, have 

 been found in Cheshire. The Museums 

 at Warwick, Warrington, and Liver- 

 pool, are rich in impressed slabs from 

 the New Eed Sandstone. Numerous 

 fine specimens may be seen in the 

 Museum of the Geological Society, 

 the Museum of Practical Geology, in 

 Jermyn Street, and in the Natural 

 History Museum, Cromwell Eoad, which is a part of the British 

 Museum (Gallery No. XI.). Some of the slabs from Storton are 

 covered with small round pits, or depressions, produced by 



FIG. 2. Footprints of Cheiro- 

 theriiim, in the Bunter Sandstone, 

 Hessberg, near Hildburghausen. 



