of a fish, and the other the fish in relief. The fish 

 was examined by the professors of the College of 

 Cambray, who repaired on purpose to the spot. It re- 

 sults from their observations, that it is one of the most 

 beautiful and best preserved ichthyolites ever found. 

 It is from twenty eight to thirty one inches in length, 

 and seven inches in breadth." 



" Every circumstance gives reason to think, that it 

 belongs to the class of the abdominals, and that it is a 

 salmon. The scales are of a violet colour mixed with 

 yellow : a latteral line of a pale white, and nearer the 

 back than the belly, traverses the whole body, and des- 

 cribes on it a curve. The colours of the impression 

 are the same as those on the relief."* 



" Our country hath lately afforded (says Mr. Jones) 

 what 1 apprehend to be the greatest curiosity of this 

 sort, that ever yet appeared. It is the entire figure of 

 a Bream more than a foot in length, and of a propor- 

 tionable depth, with scales, fins, and gills, fairly pro- 

 jecting from the surface like a piece of sculpture in 

 relievo, and with all the lineaments, even to the most 

 minute fibres of the tail, so complete, that the like has 

 not been seen before. It was taken from the stone 

 quarries of Barrow in Linconshire, &c."f 



From these few cases of fossil fishes selected from 

 many, so palpable and strikingly interesting in their 

 kind, we may reasonably infer that their inhumation 



*Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 18, p. 371. 

 tSee Parkinson's Organic Remains Vol. 3 p. 250. 



