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except the extinction of a crowd of errors, and the discovery of right methods of pro- 

 ceeding toward the acquisition of truth. We may speak hopefidly of what is to be 

 accomplished ; for the right road is before us. We have taken some steps along it ; 

 others will go beyond us and stand on higher levels. But it will be long 

 before any one can reach the height from which he may be able to survey the 

 whole field of research and collect the results of ages of labour, 



primaque ab origine mundi 



Ad sua perpetuuin deducere tempera carmen. 



Additional Remains of Pleistocene Mammals in Yorlcshire. 

 By the Eev. J. F. Blake. 



The bones referred to were discovered in the recent working of an old marl-pit 

 at Bielbecks near North Cliff, whence mammalian remains have been previously 

 obtained. The first discovery was recorded by the Rev. W. V. Vernon Harcom-t in 

 the ' Philosophical Magazine ' for 1829. More remains were deposited in the York 

 Museum when the excavations were renewed about twenty years later ; and this last 

 summer many more have been exhumed. These latter were exhibited. The com- 

 plete list of the hitherto discovered boues is as follows : — (1) mentioned by Vernon 

 Harcoui-t ; (2) in York Museum ; (3) recently found, and now also deposited in York 

 Museum. 



Matnmoth. 3 teeth, lower jaw (1) (3) ; 3 teeth, upper jaw (3) ; 1 symphysis of lower 

 jaw (3) ; 2 tusk ends, and portions of tusk (3) ; atlas (3) ; axis (2 ) ; pelvic (2) ; 

 cervical vertebra (3 ) ; head of femur (3) ; broken ditto ( 1) (epiphyses) ; 2 shafts 

 of femur (3) ; 1 distal end of femur (3) ; 1 tibia (?) (3) ; 2 distal ends, ditto 

 (3) (a pair) ; 2 astragali (3) (2) ; 1 os semiluuare (2) ; 1 cuboid ? (3) ; 

 1 third metacarpal (3). 



Elephas antiquus. 1 molar, 1 ditto unused. 



Rhinoceros. 2 teeth and jaw (1) ; 3 tibia (1) (3) ; 1 rib (1); vert. (2) ; distal end 

 of femur (?) (2). 



Bos. 1 occipital bone (1) ; 2 horns (1) ; 2 vertebrae (1) ; 1 left radius (1) ; 1 ulna 

 (3) ; 1 distal end of femur (3) ; 3 iliac bones (3) ; 1 right tibia (3) ; 

 1 metacarpal (3) ; 1 metatarsal (1) ; 1 astragalus (1) ; 2 calcanea (1) (3) ; 

 3 phalangeal boues (.3). (Some of these may be Bison.) 



Stag. Small portions of horn (1) (3). 



Red Deer. Metacai-pal (3). 



Horse. 1 distal end of femur (3) ; metatarsus, phalanges, and hoof in situ (2) ; 

 right scapula (2) ; 1 radius and ulna (joined) (2) ; ? vertebrae and (epiphy- 

 ses) ; 1 coronary (1) ; 1 metacarpal (i). 



Bear. 1 tibia (3). 



Lion? (Felis). TJpper jaw with two molars (1) ; lower jaw, several molars, 6-inch 

 long symphysis (1) ; 1 head of femur (1) ; 1 radius (1) ; 3 metacarpals (1) ; 

 1 rib (1). 



Wolf. Right lower jaw (2) ; ulna (2) ; radius (2); humerus (2). 



Unknown. Ruminant ? mettacarpal ; shaft of long bone j ditto of metacarpals, &c. 



Duck. Uhia (2) ; clavicle (2) ; tibia (2). 



The deposit in which these occur is covered with a bed of flint gravel ; but no 

 human weapons have been found in it ; all the associated shells are recent, and 

 belong to river or marsh species. The bones were mostly found in one spot, but 

 some of the mammoth at a little distance away. It is noteworthy that no Hippo- 

 potamus bones have yet been found. The age is probably later Pleistocene, though 

 there is little to indicate it in the fossils ; but it is in all probability postglacial, 

 being a tranquil deposit ; and there are glacial beds at nearly the same level in the 

 neighboui-hood, so that if it had been preglacial it would probably have been earned 

 away. 



