﻿BED 
  OP 
  ALULAE 
  DEIFT. 
  

  

  129 
  

  

  set 
  in 
  (see 
  fig. 
  4, 
  p. 
  130), 
  and 
  divide 
  the 
  mass 
  into 
  a 
  lower 
  light- 
  

   yellow 
  coarser 
  angular 
  drift, 
  and 
  an 
  upper 
  whiter 
  and 
  finer 
  drift, 
  

   but 
  both 
  alike 
  in 
  composition, 
  and 
  both 
  consisting 
  of 
  irregular 
  

   roughly 
  stratified 
  beds. 
  The 
  works 
  had 
  extended 
  to 
  this 
  point 
  when 
  

   the 
  discovery 
  of 
  elephant-remains 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Section 
  in 
  Cutting 
  at 
  A, 
  in 
  fig. 
  1, 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  "j 
  Position 
  of 
  the 
  

   y 
  Mammalian 
  

  

  I 
  took 
  an 
  early 
  opportunity 
  of 
  visiting 
  the 
  spot 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  cutting 
  

   had 
  then 
  gone 
  beyond 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  bones 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  

   the 
  sides 
  were 
  sloped 
  over. 
  The 
  bones 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  those 
  of 
  mam- 
  

   moth, 
  rhinoceros, 
  horse, 
  ox, 
  and 
  deer. 
  They 
  were 
  mostly 
  in 
  a 
  broken 
  

   and 
  fragmentary 
  state. 
  Eut, 
  though 
  broken, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  rolled 
  

   or 
  waterworn. 
  The 
  state 
  of 
  preservation 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  

   is 
  very 
  remarkable 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  lost 
  so 
  little 
  of 
  their 
  animal 
  matter 
  

   that 
  the 
  bone 
  hardly 
  adheres 
  at 
  all 
  to 
  the 
  tongue, 
  and 
  looks 
  almost 
  

   as 
  fresh 
  as 
  a 
  recent 
  bone. 
  Dissolved 
  in 
  dilute 
  hydrochloric 
  acid, 
  

   they 
  leave 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  flocculent 
  gelatinous 
  matter. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  

   especially 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Bison 
  bones, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   comes 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cutting 
  at 
  point 
  B 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  *. 
  The 
  

   specimens 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Oxford 
  Museum 
  consist 
  of 
  — 
  

  

  Elephas 
  primigenius 
  

   Rhinoceros 
  

  

  , 
  Some 
  fragments 
  of 
  large 
  bones. 
  

  

  Distal 
  end 
  of 
  femur 
  and 
  other 
  

  

  bones, 
  all 
  broken. 
  

  

  Equus 
  Teeth 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  bones. 
  

  

  Bison 
  priscus? 
  Eight 
  metatarsal, 
  distal 
  end 
  of 
  

  

  metacarpal, 
  left 
  humerus, 
  and 
  

   right 
  tibia. 
  

   Cervus 
  tarandus 
  Tooth 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  antler 
  . 
  

  

  But 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  including 
  portions 
  of 
  two 
  

   lower 
  jaws 
  and 
  of 
  tusks 
  of 
  Mammoth, 
  teeth 
  of 
  Horse, 
  end 
  of 
  humerus 
  

   and 
  4 
  teeth 
  of 
  Rhinoceros 
  tichorhinus, 
  fragment 
  of 
  horn 
  of 
  Bed 
  Deer, 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  recent 
  analysis 
  of 
  this 
  specimen 
  on 
  the 
  chemical 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   shows 
  this 
  bone 
  to 
  contain 
  17 
  '35 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  organic 
  matter. 
  Recent 
  bones 
  of 
  

   Ox 
  contain 
  about 
  30 
  per 
  cent. 
  Mr. 
  Fisher 
  also 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  bone 
  con- 
  

   t 
  ained 
  a 
  notable 
  "proportion 
  of 
  manganese. 
  

  

  