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related in savage disposition and general structure to the Tasmanian spe- 
cies above referred to, but about a third larger than the largest living 
lion.— Reader, Oct. 28, from the Melbourne Argus. 
6. On Phosphatic Deposits recently discovered in North Wales ; by 
Dr. Aue. Vortcxer.—An extensive mine, containing several phosphatic 
minerals, was accidentally discovered early last year by Mr. Hope Jones, 
ilst he was searching for other minerals in the 
_ Reighborhood of Cwmgynen, about sixteen miles from Oswestry. Mr, 
Hope Jones found the phosphatic mine to be continuous for more than 
a mile, and to come within twelve feet of the surface. It is not far from 
the clay slate and lead-bearing district of Llangrynag. The strata (slaty 
shale) ‘contain several beds of contemporaneous feldspathic ash and 
Scorie, and the usual fossils of the Llandeilo series are found, but not in 
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etic). 
_4 true vein, or fissure containing vein deposit, partially metallic, di- 
Vides two phosphatic deposits. One of them i y 
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lime than the first-mentioned deposit. In specimens taken at a depth of 
many hundred thousand, if not millions, of tons of valuable phosphatic 
oe The discovery of this extensive mine in England appears to 
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