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their own way. We are convinced that it is only in this 

 manner, by enlisting the voluntary services of those who 

 make a special study of a subject, and inducing them to co- 

 operate in displaying the results of their expert knowledge 

 to the best advantage before the public, that modern 

 museums of Natural History can be brought up to date and 



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le boili interesting and of real educational value. 



Fig. 18. Calcareous concretion from the sea-bottom 

 containing modern shells. 



The antiquarian remains found in the Neolithic Circle 

 on the Meayll, being of considerable local interest, are also 

 exhibited in one of the cases in the gallery. In another 

 we are forming a collection of characteristic deposits, or 

 sea-bottoms, illustrating a subject of both scientific and 

 economic importance. Figure 18 shows one of our most 

 remarkable specimens, a calcareous mass found in deep 



