FOSSIL CEPHALOPODS* 



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the " thunder-bolt " ! Could cause and effect be more 

 closely associated ? 



I " shut up." What is the use of arguing with a 

 man who has made his mind up that he is right and 

 everybody else is wrong ? 



The fact is, as just stated, the boulder-clay forming 

 the subsoil of the Eastern Counties abounds with 



Fig. 294. Orthoceras, showing body- 

 chamber at . 



Fig. *()$. Orthoceras laterale. 



derivative Oolitic Belemnites. These may be picked 

 up on the surface. The poor old cow happened to 

 have one underneath her when she died (I have not 

 the slightest doubt she had frequently laid down on 

 them before), and in this way the "thunder-bolt" 

 theory received extra support ! 



Popularly speaking, both Ammonites and Belem- 



