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  description 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Horner*, 
  and 
  noticing 
  especially 
  the 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  sand-banks 
  and 
  adjoining 
  turbary 
  

   of 
  Westhay 
  and 
  Burtle, 
  stating, 
  however, 
  that 
  he 
  believed 
  these 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  turbary, 
  which 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  

   formed 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  on 
  which 
  these 
  forests 
  grew, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  with 
  the 
  turbaries 
  of 
  the 
  basins 
  of 
  the 
  Brae 
  and 
  the 
  Parrett, 
  

   as 
  the 
  peat 
  is 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  district, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  layers 
  

   are 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  since 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  deposited. 
  

  

  An 
  excavation 
  made 
  in 
  1826, 
  at 
  Huntworth, 
  near 
  Bridgwater, 
  

   on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Parrett, 
  exposed 
  the 
  following 
  section, 
  which 
  

   was 
  noted 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Baker, 
  of 
  Bridgwater 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  feet. 
  

  

  Silt 
  16 
  

  

  Peat 
  in 
  two 
  strata 
  of 
  irregular 
  thickness 
  ; 
  with 
  Shells, 
  

   Bones, 
  horns 
  of 
  Deer, 
  and 
  Wood. 
  Upper 
  stratum 
  coarse, 
  

   and 
  containing 
  freshwater 
  and 
  marine 
  Shells. 
  Lower 
  

   stratum 
  fine, 
  containing 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  freshwater 
  

   Shells 
  only. 
  Compressed 
  Alder-branches, 
  showing 
  the 
  

  

  silvery 
  bark 
  very 
  distinctly 
  1 
  

  

  Soft 
  silt 
  9 
  

  

  Gravel, 
  like 
  that 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  marl 
  at 
  Bridgwater, 
  and 
  

   containing 
  Shells, 
  Pottery, 
  and 
  bones 
  of 
  Horse, 
  Ox, 
  and 
  

  

  Deer, 
  all, 
  like 
  the 
  gravel, 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  colour 
  1 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay, 
  penetrated 
  by 
  roots 
  and 
  rootlets 
  of 
  Plants 
  .... 
  2 
  

   Red 
  marl 
  29 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  

   below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  spring- 
  tides 
  

  

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   A 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Anstice 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Buckland, 
  dated 
  November 
  

   24, 
  1826, 
  was 
  next 
  given 
  ; 
  it 
  contained 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  

   passed 
  through 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  excavation 
  at 
  Huntworth, 
  similar 
  to 
  

   that 
  given 
  above 
  ; 
  but, 
  in 
  enumerating 
  the 
  bones 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  gravel, 
  

   to 
  those 
  already 
  mentioned 
  are 
  added 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Dog 
  or 
  the 
  Fox, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Porpoise, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  human 
  femur, 
  ilium, 
  radius, 
  and 
  

   humerus 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  pottery 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  

   hand 
  without 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  a 
  lathe. 
  

  

  About 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  another 
  excavation 
  was 
  made 
  less 
  than 
  

   a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  just 
  described, 
  when 
  the 
  following 
  section 
  was 
  

   exposed 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  

  

  Soft 
  silt 
  7 
  9 
  

  

  Gravel 
  1 
  

  

  Firm 
  silt 
  6 
  

  

  Peat 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  Soft 
  silt 
  4 
  

  

  Running 
  sand 
  3 
  

  

  Red 
  marl 
  

  

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  3 
  

  

  Trans. 
  Geol. 
  Soc, 
  1st 
  Series, 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  380. 
  

  

  