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according to M. Provencal, physician of Montpellier, only those of herbi- 

 vorous animals; and, according to M. Cuvier, of horses and of ruminating 

 animals. Of the latter, he has seen the remains of two species : the bones, 

 or rather the teeth of one of these, appear to be of the size of those of the 

 calf) and the others .of those of the stag. No teeth of any smaller ani- 

 mals have been found here. 



The shells are all terrestrial, being either helicae or pupae. The Helix 

 algira was found adhering to a jaw like that of a stag, by M. Provencal, 

 but no remains of marine animals have been found. M. Faujas, indeed, 

 speaks of serpulse, and a volute, which was said to have been found here; 

 but these were shown him in a cabinet, and of course he might have 

 been deceived. 



The ossiferous brecciae of Corsica differ materially from those of Gi- 

 braltar, since they do not yield any bones resembling those of sheep or 

 deer, but only those of the size of the rabbit, guinea-pig, or rat. 



All the fossil bones of Corsica, which have been examined by M. Cu- 

 vier, are of the class of rosores; but they do not, like those of Cette, 

 belong to species common to the adjoining country, since he found a 

 complete head of a genus, the species of which have been but just dis- 

 covered in Siberia. 



By the flatness of the skull, the upward direction of the orbits, the 

 hooked apophysis at the base of the zygomatic arch, and by the long 

 apophysis which carries this arch backwards, he was led to compare it 

 with the skulls of the little hares without tails (Lag&mys, Cuv.), figured by 

 Pallas ; and, on careful examination, found that it very nearly accorded 

 with Lagomys Alpinus, which inhabits the loftiest rocks of Siberia. It how- 

 ever did not exactly agree, either in its size or proportions, with any 

 known species. 



An enormous quantity of the bones of the water-rat exists also in this 

 breccia, as well as of some smaller animal, perhaps the land-mouse, Mus 

 terrestris, Linn. 



Among the fossil animal remains of Dalmatia, M. Cuvier has only been 



