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encumbered with a massive tail than it would have other- 

 wise been. 



Without further evidence it would be most unwise to 

 assert that the Storeton footprint represents the presence 

 of a Dinosaur, but I think I have shown the possibility of 

 such having been the case. On the other hand there also 

 remains the possibility of the footprint having been made 

 by one of those animals of whom we have no knowledge 

 whatever, but which nevertheless we firmly believe at one 

 time, probably during the period we are considering, to 

 have existed, and to have formed the connecting links 

 between the Amphibia and the Mammalia. 



In the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 2 Sees., vol. 6, 1853, 

 Professor R. Harkness described several footprints from 

 Weston Point, Cheshire. Most of them I have recognised 

 there, but one form I have failed to satisfactorily identify. 

 He says — " Amongst these there occur impressions of a 

 Tridactylous character, and the position these assume 

 are such as to indicate that they bear relation to the 

 footprints of bipedal animals. Length of print, f inch ; 

 length of stride, 7 inches ; 3 well-developed toes, centre 

 one twice the size of the other toes ; and the general 

 appearance of the impressions has a great similitude to 

 the Ornithichnites diversus of Hitchcock." These 

 American footprints are now considered Dinosaurian. 

 Fifty years ago the Dinosaur was a greater stranger than 

 at present, and it will be worth bearing Professor Hark- 

 ness's observation in mind when considering the traces of 

 Dinosaurs in our district. As I have said, I have so far 

 been unable to confirm Professor Harkness, but I hope to 

 do so before long. Weston Quarries are a grand store- 

 house of footprints, and I seldom go there without finding 

 something new to me. 



Crocodilia. " It is as yet impossible," says Dr. A. 



