DILUVIUM. £83 



Hodgkin, of Brighton, for an interesting account of the principal 

 phenomena above described ; to the kind assistance of this gentleman, 

 whose residence near the spot aflfbrded him every facihty for accurate 

 observation, I hold myself particularly indebted. 



Organic Remains of the Diluvial Deposits. 



It is precisely in deposits of this kind, that is, in diluvial beds spread 

 over the surface of plains, or accumulated in the bottoms of vallies, that 

 the remains of quadrupeds have been discovered in various parts of 

 England. In Sussex, however, these remains but very rarely occur ; the 

 bones and teeth of the horse, and of the elephant, being the only ex- 

 amples at present known. 



Mr. Hawkins informs me, that about sixty years since, the bones of 

 an elephant were dug up in Burton Park, near Arundel, but I have been 

 unable to obtain any satisfactory account of the circumstances attending 

 their discovery. 



In the brick loam at Hove, near Brighton, a fragment of a bone 

 resembhng the femur, and a grinder of a large size, were found at the 

 depth of about six feet ; the tooth was decidedly that of the Asiatic 

 elephant. 



In the spring of last year, at Peppering, near Arundel, the bones, and 

 several grinders of elephants, were found in a bed of gravel, on the estate 

 of John Drewett, Esq. of Peppering, who kindly favoured me with the 

 following remarks concerning them. 



" The remains in question were found in a bed of gravelly loam, 

 situated near the foot of the Downs, and reposing upon the chalk, at an 

 elevation of about eighty feet above the level of the Arun. They were 

 lying very superficially, the first fragment of bone that attracted our 

 notice being scarcely three feet beneath the surface. The specimens col- 

 lected consist of a tusk, four grinders, and several fragments of other 

 bones, apparently portions of the skull ; the body appeared to lie beneath 

 a bank of earth of considerable thickness, and could not have been 



