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nearly as possible equal in size. The limb-bones indicate an indi- 
vidual about 5 ft. 1 in. in height. 
These remains are compared with the fossil human relics which — 
have been found in Britain and on the Continent of Europe, as well 
as with the dolichocephalic races now living, and their relations to 
the ‘Spy,’ ‘ River-bed,’ ‘ Long-barrow,’ ‘ Eskimo,’ and other types 
are pointed out. 
The gravels, in which these human bones were found, overlie the 
Chalk at a height of about 90 feet above the Thames, and are about 
10 feet thick. They form part of the high-terrace gravels extending 
from Dartford Heath to Northfleet, and their Palolithic age is 
shown by the numerous implements which have been found in them, 
as well as by the mammalian remains which have been met with 
in similar beds near by, although not at Galley Hill. The human 
bones were seen in situ by Mr. R. Elliott and Mr. Matthew Heys, 
both of whom, in letters, speak positively as to the undisturbed 
condition of the 8 feet of gravel which overlay the bones when 
discovered. 
2. *On some Foraminifera of Rhextic Age, from Wedmore in 
Somerset.’ By Frederick Chapman, Esq., F.R.M.S. (Communi- 
cated by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S.) 
1. The Author has examined six samples of clays and limestones 
from different horizons ; these were collected by Mr. W. A. Sanford, 
F.G.S., from a quarry south-east of the village of Wedmore, which 
has yielded Megalosaurian remains. The rocks in this quarry are 
regularly stratified, and characteristic Rheetic fossils have been 
obtained from them by Mr, Sanford. 
2. The microscopical details of the various clay-washings are 
given, and the great abundance of some forms of the acervuline 
foraminifer Stacheia is noticed, included amongst which are forms 
that have been previously described under the name of ‘ Psammo- 
siphon’ by Vine, and ‘ Plaques de Rayonnés’ and ‘ Asteracanthion’ 
by MM. Terquem and Berthelin; the former occurring in Silurian 
strata, and the latter in the Lias. The Rhetic examples of the genus 
Stacheia have numerous aggregated crystals of zeolites (?), of which 
however only impressions remain, included in the material of the 
tests. 
3. In a comparison made with the foraminiferal faune of the 
older and younger rocks respectively, the Rheetic fauna shows 
marked affinities with both the Upper Paleozoic and the Liassie 
facies. 
The bathymetrical aspect of the foraminifera from Wedmore is, 
generally speaking, that of a shallow-water deposit. The genus 
Stacheia is represented so abundantly in some of these Rheetie rocks 
that the fossils constitute distinct layers in the beds of clay in which 
they are found. Stacheta appears to resemble Polytrema in refer- 
ence to its habitat, and also in the microscopical structure of its 
test, with the exception that Stacheia includes in the test-wall 
minute sand-grains and other foreign material. 
