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pouring through the side in a complete stream, 

 and a rumbling noise, showed danger was immi- 

 nent. Hastily picking up our tools and fossils, 

 we retreated. In a moment a mass of clay began 

 to move, and two or three tons, completely 

 burying our bed, fell where we had stood. 

 Founder after founder kept succeeding, driving 

 the water up to higher levels. We procured 

 assistance, but precious time was lost. Mght 

 began to fall, and we were obliged to leave un- 

 worked one of the richest spots which, in these 

 beds, may, perhaps, ever be met. 



'As it was we found no less than sixty-one 

 species, including in all two hundred and thirty 

 good cabinet specimens, which, considering the 

 small size of the pit, and our limited time, and 

 the great disadvantages under which we worked, 

 well showed the richness of these beds.' 



These Brook beds which were found so rich 

 in fossils and other and similarly low-lying parts 

 of the New Forest where fossilized marine remains 

 have been discovered and prove the presence in 

 remote ages of the sea upon the ground where 

 ancient Oaks and stately Beeches now add sturdy 



