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bones of a whale are still standing, and have been there 

 for many years. They extend nine feet above the ground 

 in which they are fixed, and the width between at the 

 base is four feet, and they evidently belonged to a smaller 

 whale than usual. With the exception of those in the 

 Zoological Gardens, all these jaw-bones were fixed over 

 gates or door-ways leading into gardens and other 

 enclosures. 



Some twenty-five years ago the inhabitants of Everton 

 were surprised by some large bones being found buried in 

 the ground somewhere about Whitefield Lane, and there 

 was some speculation as to the kind of beast to which 

 they had belonged, for by that time few people remem- 

 bered the whale-fishery trade, and were not familiar with 

 such bones, which proved to be those of a whale. 



Twenty years ago I was invited to inspect some large 

 bones supposed to be those of an extinct gigantic animal, 

 which had been recently placed on the grounds of the 

 hotel at Hightown Station. After some scepticism, my 

 opinion that they were the bones of whales was accepted. 

 They may still be seen there, and include the fore-limb 

 bones of more than one whale, and part of a ramus. I 

 afterwards ascertained that they were all found buried on 

 the site of the old " Waterloo Hotel," when it was 

 taken down for the erection of the Central Station in 

 Eanelagh Street. I remember a large vertebra being 

 found in the open space between Bold Street and Kenshaw 

 Street, now the site of the Midland Bail way. It was 

 about tw T o feet in diameter, and was considered a wonder- 

 ful find by many when discovered, but I do not know 

 what became of it. It was probably buried again, and 

 may astonish a future generation. 



Again, about ten years ago I was invited to see a large 

 bone just found in lowering the floor of the cellar in a 



