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oysters on it. Hasted especially describes a curious thin 

 pan of red earth, covered with dusky brown glazing, made 

 in the form of a sugar basin, with two handles and a foot, 

 being five inches in diameter, its external circumference 

 being ornamented with foliage. The most reasonable 

 theory to account for the quantities of pottery found here is 

 that some vessel freighted with these goods was once cast 

 away on this rock, and her load dispersed from time to time 

 by force of wind and wave. We cannot, however, ignore 

 the possibility that when Samian ware was manufactured 

 the Isle of Sheppey may have extended as far eastward as 

 Pudding Pan Rock, of which there are slight indications, the 

 tradition that the Goodwin Sands opposite Ramsgate were 

 once habitable being some assistance in that speculation. 

 The underwash of the sea is gradually sweeping away the 

 unprotected earth cliffs of this part of the coast, a process 

 which has been going on for thousands of years, and has in 

 my own recollection toppled over many acres of land 

 between Whitstable and Reculvers. Mammoth tusks are 

 brought to light in this way, a pair about 8 feet long having 

 been found at Swalecliffe only a few weeks ago. Specimens 

 of submerged Samian ware have been often described, and 

 Mr. Sibert Saunders' very fine collection is well known. 



Among many other curious things that the dredge has 

 found for the Whitstable Museum I may mention a few : 



A left-handed whelk shell, of which there is probably not 

 one in ten thousand ; hermit crabs, which seek shelter in 

 whelk shells because of their soft bodies and tails, and move 

 into larger shells as the}' grow bigger ; a spider crab, with 

 oyster spat on its back ; various beautiful specimens of the 

 sea urchin, some like life, or with shells cleaned out or 

 petrified ; teeth of gigantic sharks of the Eocene period ; 



