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ferruginous beds ; all of them except the jaw of Bos primi- 

 genius came from the lower part of this sand-and-shingle 

 deposit. The skull lay at the very bottom, about 28 feet 

 from the surface. The large humerus belonging to the same 



14 ft. 1 in. 



12 ft. 11 in. 

 14 ft. 3 in. 



14 ft. 3 in. 



Plan of New Dock, Silloth.i Scale, 1 incli=420 feet. Position of the 

 Fossils marked by a circle, within the circumference of which they were 

 probably all found. The figures give the elevation of the top of the marine 

 deposit above the level of ordinary spring tides in feet and inches as deter- 

 mined by theodolite ; that on the left is approximate. 



species was found about 10 feet higher, or 18 feet from the 

 surface. The large antler of red deer appears to have lain at 

 some yards distance at about the same level ; and the smaller 

 one, the first of the bones met with, about a foot higher. All 

 the other bones lay near the red clay, and within a few yards 

 of the skuU.^ One of the cetacean vertebrae was rolled and 

 worn ; the other bones were fresh and unwasted. 



The upper part of this deposit had been largely removed 

 before I visited the spot. At various points, however, vary- 

 ing from 25 to 35 yards from the edge of the dock, parts of 

 the original surface are still preserved, and my friend Mr J. 

 T. Middleton, one of the contractors, kindly had the levels 

 determined by theodolite whilst I remained on the spot. 

 The surface had been a slightly undulating one. The highest 

 point observed was 14J feet above the level of ordinary spring 



^ Reduced from a plan on the largest Ordnance Scale communicated by Mr 

 J. T. Middleton. The figures are added. 



2 These particulars are fully given in my friend Dr Leitch's paper {loc. 

 ciL, pp. 171, 172). 



