822 EEV. 0. FISHEE O.V THE OCCUEEE^CE OF 



upward curve the middle portion, at about 16 inches distance, was 

 raised two feet four above the base line, and from that point it lay- 

 nearly horizontally, though with a slight inclination downwards. 

 The posterior end lay within a few inches of the alveolus just 

 described. 



12. Another tusk of much larger dimensions, 7 feet 6 inches long, 

 and 2 feet 3 inches in circumference at the base. About 18 inches 

 of the anterior end missing. It was probably in this condition when 

 the superincumbent bed of cla}' was deposited, as they are in con- 

 tact. This tusk differs in shape from the preceding; the curve 

 (which bore its whole weight as it lay in the bed) had an upward 

 and forward direction. Both extremities touched the clay-bed above. 

 The deficient extremity probably had an outward direction. 



13. Eemains of other tusks were scattered in several parts of the 

 deposit. In some places the fragments of ivory were so numerous 

 as to predominate over the other materials. 



14. A molar ; crown in use 41 inches long, consisting of 6 plates 

 (the anterior missing) ; 6 others unexposed and not in use. Breadth 

 of fourth plate in use 3| inches, depth 4| inches. 



15. Another molar ; crown 7^ inches long, consisting of 10 

 plates. Breadth of fourth plate 3J inches : depth from tenth plate 

 (posterior) to the fang o inches. This molar appears to be that of a 

 broad-crowned Elephas antiquus ; although the enamel is as thick as 

 in E. meridionalis, the cement-wedges are much thinner. 



16. Several other molars of EIej)h.as meindioncdis have been found, 

 the whole number from the first until now being seven, including 

 three plates and part of the fourth in which the digitations are worn 

 down into continuous ridges. A right upper molar is figured on the 

 opposite page (figs. 2, 3). (The specimen, the two tusks, the alveolus, 

 the femur and the tibia, have been presented by Mr. Mansel- 

 Pleydell to the Dorset County Museum.) 



17. Several isolated plates of other molars are scattered in various 

 parts of the deposit. 



There is considerable variety in the various layers of the deposit ; 

 but only one of them contains bones. Some large blocks of chalk 

 seem formerly to have fallen from the top, and it is to the protection 

 which one of these has afforded, that Mr. Mansel-Pleydell attributes 

 the preservation of the tusk. As yet no data have been obtained 

 to fix the geological age of these remains. Ko vestiges of other 

 animals have been found, nor any shells or microscopic organisms. 

 The position of the deposit, close to the summit of a lofty 

 escarpment, suggests a far-gone age, which may have been even 

 pre-glacial ; and the absence of any terrace-like feature may 

 point to a stream of ice, abrading gravel and chalk alike down to 

 a uniform cliff-like face, as having been the sculpturing agent. 

 It is not, however, impossible that a stream, continuously attack- 

 ing the base without meandering away, might produce such a 

 cliff-like escarpment. But its unusual steepness is, no doubt, 

 partly due to the hardening of the chalk along the course of the 

 fault. 



