500 MESSRS. ARNOLD-BEMROSE AND DEELEY ON [Aug. I 896, 



List {continued). 



Eight, fibula (lower portion). 

 ,, calcaneum. 

 „ cuboid. 

 ,, metatarsal iv. 

 „ astragalus. 

 Fore foot : 



Left lunare. 

 ,, scaphoid. 

 Portions of the 3rd or 4th right and left ribs and of other ribs, to 

 the number of six or seven. 



The majority of the bones are complete ; others, such as the os 

 innominatum, were broken in course of extraction from the matrix, 

 but have been pieced together. As a result there are about fifty 

 complete or nearly complete bones. They are partly mineralized, 

 are in a good state of preservation, and do not appear to have been 

 rolled or knocked about. 



Since so many parts of the animal's skeleton were found in a 

 small area, it is probable that the body was stranded in an old 

 channel of the river Derwent and quickly covered up by sand and 

 clay — not, however, before the bones had been somewhat disturbed. 

 The lower jaw was lying upside down, with the canines pointing 

 north-west, the fibula and left iv. metatarsal, right astragalus and 

 calcaneum were found together on the south; and the left femur, 

 right iv. metatarsal, some ribs, the five cervical and some dorsal 

 vertebras on the north. But by far the greatest number of bones, 

 including the os innominatum, left tibia, dorsal, lumbar, and sacral 

 vertebras, part of the fibula, and right and left cuboid, was found on 

 the east and north-east. 



The large number of bones, their good state of preservation, and 

 their only slightly disturbed positions, point to the conclusion that 

 the carcass was deposited almost entire at the spot where the bones 

 were found. All the evidence is against the supposition that the 

 bones have been derived from an older deposit. 



In addition to the Hippopotamus-bones were found part of the 

 breast-bone of an Eleplias and part of the femur of a Rhinoceros. 

 The latter was near the head of the Hippopotamus and is more 

 indurated than the bones of that animal. It is also scratched and 

 worn. Many of the bones were taken to the Jermyn Street Museum, 

 and, by the kindness of Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., were compared 

 with specimens there. 



Since the above was written, Mr. Allen (who built the Inn at 

 Allenton about 18 years ago) was interviewed by the writers. He 

 says that some large bones were found when a well was dug and 

 the cellars were excavated. They were not preserved, but were 

 sold by the labourers and probably destroyed. 



