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three fractured cervical vertebrae ; one fractured dorsal 

 vertebra ; one fractured lumbar vertebra ; two shafts of 

 right hurneri ; a left humerus, wanting the head, or upper 

 end ; portions of three ulnae, one of which exhibits the 

 marks of having been gnawed by a small quadruped, and 

 is alluded to at p. 118 : a portion of the right radius; two 

 metacarpal bones ; a phalanx of the fourth toe of the right 

 fore-foot ; the left femur ; the lower end of the left tibia ; 

 three rnetatarsal bones ; the proximal phalanx of the second 

 toe of the left hind-foot. 



All the specimens are absorbent and stick to the tongue, 

 from the loss of their original animal matter. They were 

 found firmly imbedded in stiff clay : some of the bones 

 which were on or near the surface of the clay, were coated 

 by a thin crust of stalagmite ; and they adhered so firmly to 

 the clay, that many were broken by the workmen in sepa- 

 rating them from it. 



The above bones constitute but a small proportion of the 

 fossil remains that were obtained from the Oreston caverns. 

 In the oblique fissure, A and B, (fig. 50,) about forty feet 

 above the bottom of the quarry, Mr. Whidbey had collected 

 fifteen large maund-baskets full of bones, skulls, horns, and 

 teeth, before the arrival of Dr. Buckland, who says, " In 

 the upper parts of the cavity from which they were taken, 

 we saw appearances of as many more, still undisturbed, and 

 forming a mass which entirely blocked it up, to an extent 

 which we could not then ascertain,"* In a collection sub- 

 sequently made by Joseph Cottle, Esq., of Bristol, five jaws 

 of the Wolf or large Dog, and five detached teeth of the 

 same species were included. 



Dr. Buckland, who examined the cavernous fissures at 



* "Reliquiae Diluvianse," p. 71. 



