MASTODON ANGUSTIDENS. 283 



Afterwards, in reply to some misgivings of Mr. Fair- 

 holme respecting this discovery, Mr. Lay ton says, " Your 

 doubt, as to the great Mastodon being found in Norfolk, 

 came not at all unexpected. I should have doubted it 

 myself, under almost any other circumstances ; as it is, 

 I feel sure and certain of the fact. I lived at Catfield, 

 in Norfolk, six miles from Hasborough, and about as far 

 from Horstead. From this latter place, marl is carried 

 to all the villages in the neighbourhood, to be spread upon 

 the ground. A boatman, who was in the habit of bringing 

 me fossils, brought a grinder of this Mastodon as a 

 curiosity, saying it had been found in the marl, and given 

 him by the head pitman. It was the posterior portion 

 of the grinder of the great Mastodon (I am certain of 

 the fact) ; containing, as far as I recollect, eight points, 

 none of which had been cut or brought into use. On 

 the first opportunity, I went to make inquiry about it at 

 the chalk-pit. The pitman pointed out to me the place 

 where it was found ; and said that the whole animal was, 

 as it were, lying on its side, stretched out on the surface 

 of the marl. He described it as being very soft, and that 

 a great part of it would at first spread like butter ; the 

 whole, however, had been thrown down along with the 

 marl, and carried away. He said he had looked upon 

 it as very curious indeed, but of no use, and he had kept 

 that piece of tooth merely by accident. He afterwards 

 found another fragment or two of the bones in his garden, 

 where he had thrown them, and he sent them to me. 

 They are now in my possession ; but I am not able to 

 identify them with the Mastodon, as distinguished from 

 the Mammoth or Elephant. The grinder I sent to Daw- 

 son Turner, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, who probably has 

 it now." 



