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CHAPTER 2. 
Whether the Lamestone of Plymouth contained any ani- 
mal remains ?—and “tts relative position and extent. 
Wuetuer the Limestone E of Plymouth contained 
any animal remains, was a question, which, until 
a recent period, was by a very few only admitted, 
and then with considerable reservation; and I had 
been a resident in the neighbourhood for some time, 
before I turned my thoughts at all to the subject. — 
But, hearing it often mentioned among my friends 
and acquaintances, I was insensibly led to explore 
our quarries, with a view to determine a_ point, 
over which there yet seemed to hang so much 
doubt. The result has been, that I am now enabled 
to affirm, from actual observation, that unquestionable 
