at Barrington, near Cambridge. 278 



10 Hippopotamus major, (common) 



11 Rhinoceros leptorhinus, (common) 



12 Elephas antiquus, 



13 ... {T) primigenius. 



The indications of the presence of Man were doubtful, and not 

 to be relied on. 



The shells were numerous, but the species few, and one alone 

 strictly aquatic. They were 



Helix fasciolata (or caperata), 



. . . nemoralis, 

 Succiiiea ohlonga, 

 Pisidium amnicum. 



It is probable that the deposit belongs to the same age, and to 

 the same gravel terrace as that in which nearly the same assem- 

 blage of species has been obtained at Barnwell, seven miles lower 

 down the valley. We have* 



At Barrington, but not recorded from Barnwell, 

 Bison priscus, 

 Cervus elaphus, 

 U7'sus spekeus, 

 Hyena spelcea. 



At Barnwell -f-, but not recorded from Barrington, 

 Equus fossilis, 

 Cyrena Jluminalis, 

 Unio litoralis. 



It is to be noticed that there are extensive gravel beds about 

 Foxton on the south side of the valley, opposite to Barrington and 

 upon about the' same level, which are quite different in character ; 

 being almost entirely composed of subangular flints. The proba- 

 bility is that these were brought down from the hills to the south, 

 where the upper chalk with flints and extensive deposits of gravel 

 occur. Thus on either side of the main valley we find in the 

 gravels the materials which the destruction of the strata bordering 

 the valley would respectively supply. 



The fauna of Barrington is that which is associated elsewhere X 

 (if not there) with the earlier forms of flint implements of human 

 manufacture. And it is quite certain that that fauna lived at 

 Barrington in post-glacial times (for the state of the bones pre- 

 cludes the idea of their being derived from an older deposit). If 



* For lists of Barnwell fossils, see Jutes-Browne's Sedgwick Prize Essay, 1878, 

 p. 64. 



"t" The Rhinoceros of Barnwell is leptorhinus not tichorhinus as usually stated. 



X A fine "haclie" was lately obtained by Mr A. F. GrilSths of Chi'ist's College, 

 from a gravel pit very near and upon the same level with the Barnwell mammali- 

 ferous gravel. Camb. Ant. Soc. May 27, 1878, Vol. iv. p. 177, PI. A. 



