14 . II. RELICS. Origin, 



k. Many occur., which do not appear to belong 

 to any known living species, ff 



1. The conservata are not uncommon in mineral 

 veins, fff 



Origin. 



THE origin of extraneous fossils is obviously de- 

 monstrated by the attendant Phenomena. (. II. 

 3. 4. 5.) 



A. 6. Conservata cannot properly be said to 

 originate from, since they really are, the remains of 



ft Particularly among the remains of the mammalia. 



-fft At least in those which intersect secondary strata. Many 

 instances of both animal and vegetable remains, in the state of con- 

 servata, occurring in mineral veins, have fallen under our own ob- 

 servation, and others well authenticated might be adduced. We 

 shall here only notice two, Fir-trees, found in a lead-vein in Wales 

 some few years back, the wood of which was unchanged, except in 

 being strongly impregnated with galena, (we are obliged to A, 

 Mills, Esq., of Dublin, for our knowledge of this fact) and the 

 entire skeleton of a very large elephant, discovered about 90 

 years ago, in working a vein of lead near Wirksworth, (Derby- 

 shire). The skeleton was found at the depth of 40 yards, and, 

 from the written account which remains with such parts of it as 

 were collected, appears to have been in a very complete state of 

 preservation. One of the grinders we examined lately in Mr. 

 Watson's possession, at Bakewell ; and found it to differ littie from 

 a recent tooth of the same kind.. 



