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tions arc leen. Botli tlic rows of the bones of the wrifts 

 are loft, but the whole metacarpus of the k-ft band is dif- 

 playcd, together with part of the bones of the fingers : the 

 firll joint of the foro-fingcr retts on the upper ridge of the os 

 pubis, the two others, detached from their metacarpal 

 bones, are propelled downwards, and fituated at the inner 

 llde of the femur, and below the foramen magnum ifchii of 

 this fide. Veftiges of three of the fingers of the right hand 

 are likewife vifiblc, confiderably below the lower portion of 

 the fore-arm, and clofe to th? upper extremity of the femur. 

 The vertebrae may be traced along the whole length of the 

 column, but are in no part of it well defined. Of the os facrum, 

 the fuperior portion only is dillindl : it is difunited from 

 the laft vertebra and the ilium, and driven upwards. The 

 left OS ilium is nearly complete ; but fliattcred, and one of the 

 fragments depreded below the level of the reft : the ofia 

 pubis, though well defined, arc gradually loft in the mafs of 

 the ftone. On the right fide the os innominatum is com- 

 pletely fliattered, and the fragments are funk ; but towards 

 the acetabulum, part of its internal cellular ftrufture is 

 difcernible. 



" The thigh-boncb and tlie bones of the leg of the right 

 fide are in good prefervation, but being confiderably tiu-ned 

 outwards, the fibula lies buried in the ftone, and is not feen. 

 The lower part of the femur of this fide is indicated only by 

 a bony outline, and appears to have been diftended by the 

 compaft lime-ftone that fills the cavities both of the bones of 

 the leg and thigh, and to the expanfion of which thefe bones 

 probably owe their prefent ftiattered condition. The lower 

 end of the left thigh-bone appears to have been broken and 

 loft in the operation of detaching the block ; the two bones 

 of the leg, however, on this fide are nearly complete : the 

 tibia was fplit almoft the whole of its length a little below 

 the external edge, and the fifture being filled up with lime- 

 ftone, now prefents itfelf as a dark-coloured ftraight line. 

 The portion of the ftone which contained part of the bones 

 of the tarfus and metatarfus was unfortunately broken ; but 

 the feparste fragments are preferved. 



" The whole of the bones, when firft laid bare, had a 

 mouldering appearance, and the hard furroundmg ftone 

 could not be detached, without frequently injuring their 

 furface ; but, after an expofure for fome days to the air, 

 they acquired a confiderable degree of hardnefs. Sir H. 

 Davy, who fubjefted a fmall portion of them to chemical 

 analyfis, found that they contained part of their animal 

 matter, and all their phofphate of lime. Here follows an 

 exaft defcription of the rock, in which the foffile rt<eleton is 

 found. The attention of geologifts being now direfted to- 

 wards this objefl, it may be expefted that a fcientific ex- 

 amination of the circumftances under which this lime-ftone 

 occurs, will not fail ere long to fix its age, and affign to it 

 the place it is to occupy in the ferics of rocks. All our 

 prefent information refpefting the Grande Terre of Guada- 

 loupe amounts to this, that it is a flat lime-ftone country, 

 derived principaOy from the detritus of zoophytes, with 

 here and there fingle hills (mornes) compofcd of fhell lime- 

 ftone ; while Guadaloupe, properly fo called, feparated 

 from the upper part by a narrow channel of the fea, has no 

 traces of lime-ftone, and is entirely volcanic." 



M. Lavaifle, alluded to above as the only author who 

 mentions the galibies, except general Ernouf, fpeaks of the 

 bed of lime- ftone which inclofes them, as the moft remark- 

 able of the calcareous rocks in the Leeward iflands. Mr. 

 Konig, therefore, expefted to find in his work an exaft 

 ftatement of its mode of occurring ; but the only pofitive 

 information he could coUeft from this author is, that the 

 bed is a kilometre (nearly an Englilh mile) in length, and 



that it is covered by the fea at high water. According to 

 him, no trace of fticUs or organized bodies is difcoverabk 

 ira this rock ; but in lieu of thele, he was fortunate enough 

 to meet with mortars, pellles, hatchets, &c. of a bafaltic 

 or porphyritic rock, which, we are informed, were petri- 

 fied (petrifies). From this very vague account, we ftiould 

 not be induced to lay much ilrefs upon the circuraftancc that 

 the pofition of the Ikelctons is eaft-weft, and that the fpot 

 muft, therefore, have been a cemetery, which time and cir- 

 cumftances have transformed into a hard calcareous rock. 



" I have to apologife for this long letter on a fubjeft," 

 concludes Mr. Konig, " which may turn out to be interelt- 

 ing only fo far, as the human bones from Guadaloupe are 

 unqueftionably the only bones we are acquainted with that 

 have ever been found imbedded in a hard ftony mifs, that 

 does not appear to belong to common ftala6titical calcareous 

 depofitions. This circumftance admits of buing eafily afccr- 

 tuined by a clofe infpcftion of the locality ; and I am per- 

 feftly of opinion, that a comparifon of the nature of the 

 different varieties of fliell-fand, with which the neighbour- 

 hood of the Caribbee iflands abounds, would alone be fuffi- 

 cient to remove many doubts relative to the origin of the 

 bed in queftion. The fand from thence, which I had an 

 opportunity of feeing, was unlike that of which the ftone is 

 compofed." 



RELL, Mouse, in Zoology, the Enghfii name of the 

 white-bellied moufe, with a blackifti back and long body. 

 See Myoxus and Glis. 



RELLING, in Geography, a town of the duchy of 

 Holftein ; 2 miles S.S.E. of Pinnenberg. 



RELLINGEN, a town of France, in the department 

 of the MofcUe, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt 

 of Thionville. The place contains 602, and the canton 

 9046 inhabitants, on a territory of 212^ kihometres, in 36 

 communes. 



RELLINGHAUSEN, a town of Germany, lately be- 

 longing to the abbey of Corvey ; 16 miles N.N.E. of Duf- 

 feldorf. 



RELLINGHUSEN, a town of the duchy of Holftein ; 

 9 miles E. of Itzehoa. 



REM, Information in, in Laiu. See Information. 

 REMAGEN, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Rhine and Mofelle, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the diftrift of Bonn. The place contains 79c, 

 and the canton 7801 inhabitants, in 37 communes. 



REMAIGHIAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of 

 Lariftan ; 10 miles N.W. of Tarem. 



REMAINDER, Remanentia, in Laiu, an eftate li- 

 mited to take effeft and be enjoyed after another eftate is 

 determined. As if a man feifed m lee-fimple granteth lands 

 to A for twenty years, and, after the determination of the 

 faid term, then to B and his heirs for ever : here A is tenant 

 for years, remainder to B in fee. In the firft place, an 

 eftate for years is created or carved out of the fee, and given 

 to A ; and the refidue or remainder of it is given to B. 

 But both thefe interefts are in faft only one eftate ; the pre- 

 fent term of years and the remainder afterwards, when 

 added together, being equal only to one eftate in fee. (Co. 

 Litt. 143.) Thus, alfo, if land be granted to A for twenty 

 years, and after the determination of the faid term to B for 

 life ; and after the determination of B's eftate for life, it 

 being limited to C and his heirs for ever : this makes A 

 tenant for years, with remainder to B for life, remainder 

 over to C in fee. In this cafe alfo, the firft eftate, and both 

 the remainders, for Lfe and in fee, are one eftate only. 

 Hence it is eafy to infer, that no remainder can be limited 

 after the grant of an eftate in fee-fimple (Plowd. 29. 



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