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the fore-part of the canine to the end of the molar series 

 five inches and a half; the depth of the jaw below the 

 last molar tooth is two inches ; the canine tooth is four 

 inches and a half in length : the proximal end of a radius, 

 the articular head of which exceeds by one-fourth that of 

 the largest Lion or Tiger : the head of the femur ; one 

 metacarpal bone measuring fouwjnches, nine lines in length ; 

 and two metatarsals, one belonging to the second toe, 

 measuring five inches, five lines, the other belonging to the 

 middle toe, and measuring six inches in length : these 

 bones indicate paws as large as those of the great Gailen- 

 reuth Tiger, whose admeasurements have been previously 

 given. 



The black marl contained abundance of fresh- water shells, 

 amongst which Professor Phillips found Limnaas and 

 Planorbis to predominate ; and he determined that all the 

 species discovered in this marl, twelve in number, agreed 

 in every respect, even in their accidental variations, with 

 the same species now existing in Yorkshire. 



Professor Sedgwick,* who expresses well-deserved thanks 

 to Mr. Vernon, for the zeal with which he investigated, 

 and the fidelity with which he described, the excavation 

 of the several regular deposits at North Cliff, containing 

 the Mammalian and Testaceous fossils, observes that : 

 " Phenomena like these have a tenfold interest, binding the 

 present order of things to that of older periods, in which 

 the existing forms of animated nature seem one after 

 another to disappear." 



* Anniversary Address to the Zoological Society, 1830. 



