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been portions of carcasses partaken of by the carnivorous 
creatures of the antediluvian era, or they may be fragments 
only of individuals of more modern times, washed up by the 
tide in the common way, and accidentally associated with 
the former specimens. 
I learn from Col. Smith that a tusk of an Elephant has 
been found in soil towards Exeter, it was of that kind 
which presents the double curve. 
It has occasionally happened that molars of the Elephant 
have been found thrown up on our beaches ; these may be 
either from caves now submerged, or due only to such as 
may have been thrown overboard from ships lying off the 
shore ; exact enquiry as to the markings these specimens 
present would alone determine the question. 
We learn only from time to time the natural and antiquarian 
riches which this county has presented to us, and often with- 
out any use having been made of them. An ossiferous cavern 
presented itself to view at Stonehouse a few years since. 
Another, as I learn, was disclosed not long since at Anstess 
cove in Torbay. Other spots have also been similarl 
productive, and a small accumulation was detected (a few 
weeks after the geological portion of this work was printed) 
in a cave at Pomphlet Lake near us, and which I saw ; it 
consisted almost wholly of the teeth of the Horse, but 
the bulk was undoubtedly lost in blowing away the rock. 
Besides the occurrence of ovine bones at Yealm Bridge and 
at Berry Head, they were found amongst the accumulation 
at Oreston ; ovine teeth from thence are in my possession. 
Their presence among our fossil bones constitutes a pecu- 
liarity in the geology of this district. 
The cave at Berry Head known under the name of Ash 
Hole, presented us with many singularities. We discrim- 
inated 3 or 4 species of Mus, (Arvicola Fleming) and as the 
cave at Yealm Bridge did not seem to furnish this number 
so unequivocally, the engravings here given are from spe- 
cimens from the former locality. Fish bones, belonging to 
several species, fragments of the head of a Fringilla, 
and of a Corvus were amongst its products. The horn of 
a Deer analagous to the C. capreolus, and the skull of a 
very small Ox have also very lately been dug out. The Rev. 
H. Lyte in his researches found the stump of a shed horn 
