CORRESPONDENCE. 



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grit, mountain limestone (Derbyshire), North Stafford coal-fields with 

 milistone grit, mountain limestone near Congleton, and the Permian and 

 Triassie systems of Cheshire and Staffordshire. This survey has been 

 long looked forward to, and will be hailed with pleasure and satisfaction 

 when published. I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, 



J. 1). Sainter. 



Macclesfield, April 8th, 18G3. 



[The boues referred to as from the gravel, which have been sent to us for examination, 

 are, 1, metacarpal of ruminant {Bos longifrons) ; 2, calcaneura of ditto; 3, fragment of 

 mammalian bone; 4, upper molar of ruminant {Bos of small size) , 5, base of shed 

 antler of red deer {Cervus Elaphus). This last specimen, which is but a mere fragment, 

 seems to have the remains of a hole that had been drilled or worked in it previous to its 

 embedment, possibly for the insertion of a celt or other instrument to which this deer's 

 horn served as a handle. All the bones are in a porous condition, and not in any way 

 petrified. — En. Geol.] 



Ghjptolepis. — Upper Ludlow Fossils. 



My dear Sie, — I beg to call your attention to an error in the last 

 number of the ' Geologist,' at page 134. I know nothing of the claims of 

 Mr. T. Walker as having made known the fact that Holoptychius Fle- 

 rrdrigi is in reality a Glyptolepis* My communication to you referred sim- 

 ply to the detection of lieuper fossils at Ripple, near Tewkesbury. 



It may be useful to some collectors if you will make it known, in a future 

 number of the ' Geologist,' that Samuel Sturge, shoemaker, of Ledbury, 

 has discovered a highly fossiliferous band of the Upper Ludlow bone-bed, 

 within a few miles of Ledbury. This bed is remarkably rich in spines of 

 fish (Onchus), and the earliest known traces of terrestrial vegetation, 

 which are small seeds of a plant allied to the Lycopodiaceae. 



Yours very truly, 



W. S. Symonds. 



Pendock Rectory, Tewkesbury, April Wi, 18G3. 



Human Remains in Brick-Earth at Luton, Kent. 



Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that a few weeks ago two ske- 

 letons were found in a brick-field near here. The soil is brick-earth, the 

 top part for about 4 feet mingled with flint, below that the pure clay. The 

 skeletons were found between 6 and 7 feet from the surface, one lying on 

 the back, the other on the side, with their heads towards the north ; near 

 them was found a triangular stone weapon, rudely formed to be wielded 

 with the two hands, its weight is 14 lbs. The skulls exhibit a very debased 

 form, the foreheads very low and receding, the baric part very large ; in 

 one the bone of the nose turns up in a very peculiar manner They are 

 evidently of great antiquity, ami have been undisturbed for very many 

 years, for above them were the decayed roots of very large trees. The 

 site was a large forest ami hunting-ground in the reign of Elizabeth, who 

 had a hunting-lodge in the neighbourhood, remains of which are still in 

 existence. The skeletons were exhibited at a meeting of the Anthropolo- 

 gical Society, held on April 7th ; and the stone implement will be shown 

 at their next meeting on the 21st. I remain, yours sincerely. 



N. F. Km: its. 



Sidney J'illa, Luton, Chatham, April L6tfA, 18(53. 



* The passage referred to was, by a singular error of the printer, inserted in Mr. Sy- 

 monds's letter instead of in " Notes and Queries." It was a note senl bv Mr. Jamefl 

 Powrie, of Reswallie. — En. Geol. 



