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of the spine an enormous head with a pair of large and widely 

 curving horns, we may form some idea of the formidable ap- 

 pearance that this extinct animal must have presented when, 

 in the full vigour of its existence, it roamed unfettered through 

 its native forests. 



The other fossil remains, of which I have specimens, were 

 found at different periods in the north-western division of the 

 county of Lancaster. They were not obtained in the same 

 locality, but at places several miles apart from each other ; 

 some being found in the district of Pilling, in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the mouth of the river Wyre, others close to 

 the town of Preston. From information with which I have 

 been supplied, I think it probable that the stratum in which 

 they were imbedded was of the same nature, consisting of sand 

 and gravel, lying immediately beneath the peat. 



The specimens from Pilling consist of a large vertebra and 

 a tooth. They were transmitted to me by the Rev. J. D. 

 Banister, the incumbent of that district, a gentleman who, for 

 a long series of years, has paid great attention to the natural 

 history of the locality, and who carefully preserves any object 

 of interest which may fall in his path. I have been favoured 

 by Mr Banister with the following particulars of the deposit 

 in which they were found: — "Pilling Moss is an extensive 

 post-tertiary fresh-water deposit, situated between the mouths 

 of the rivers Wyre and Cocker. It forms the present coast- 

 line between these rivers, and is bounded on the land side by 

 an ancient sea-beach, distant, on an average, two miles from 

 the present sea-beach. The surface consists for the most 

 part of fine corn land, and beneath this the following layers 

 may be observed : — 



" 1st, Grey bog moss, generally the growth of Sphagnum. 



" 2d, A darker and more solid bog, towards the bottom of 

 which there is much wood. 



" 3d, Carre, or original soil, in which are the roots of the 

 trees of the ancient forest. In this numerous ancient im- 

 plements have been found 2\ feet deep. 



" Aih, Clay, varying in thickness from two to six feet. 



" 5th, Blue silt, or finely comminuted sand. 



" It is in the last of these deposits that the bone and tooth 



