﻿PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



SESSION 1915-1 



November 3rd, 1915. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., 

 in the Chair. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The Names of certain Fellows of the Society were read out for 

 the second time, in conformity with the Bye-Laws, Sect. VI, 

 Art. 5, in consequence of the Non-Payment of the Arrears of 

 their Contributions. 



Dr. C. W. Andkews, F.ii.S., gave an account of the discovery 

 and excavation of a very large specimen of Etephas antiques 

 near Chatham. The specimen was originally discovered about 

 three years ago, by a party of sappers who were digging a trench. 

 The attention of the authorities of the British Museum was drawn 

 to this find by Mr. S. Turner, of Luton, Chatham. The extraction 

 of the bones was delayed until the past summer. A great part of 

 the skeleton had now been collected, owing largely to the skill of 

 Mr. L. E. Parsons, Junr. The skull, unfortunately, was in a very 

 bad condition, but two complete upper, and one lower, second 

 molars were obtained. One tusk, about 7 or 8 feet long, was also 

 found. The lower ends of both femora were destroyed in the 

 original trench ; but, of the other limb-bones, nearly complete 

 specimens from one or both sides had been obtained, as well as 

 a sufficiently large series of bones of the feet to allow of their 

 reconstruction. Many vertebrae had also been collected. 



The animal, which was adult, must have been of very great size, 

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