FOSSIL BONES. 
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tmction to the carse-Iand, which, from its flatness and re- 
tentive quality, is naturally wet and swampy, until drained, 
for the purposes of agriculture. In general, as the carse- 
land recedes from the Forth, and approaches the dryfield, 
the stratum of clay becomes gradually thinner; and in 
many places a stratum of moss comes to the surface, near 
the margin of the dryfield, which dips under the clay to- 
wards the Forth. It was upon the surface of this second 
and lower stratum of moss, below the clay, that the bones 
were found. They were embedded in the clay, and did 
not penetrate at all into the moss below. 
The bones found, and which are now deposited in the 
Museum of the College of Edinburgh, consist principally 
of a large portion of the cranium, comprising the occipital 
bone and foramen, frontal, a part of the superior maxillary, 
&c. There were also a scapula and several vertebras, though 
in a mutilated state. 
It is a very singular circumstance that, along with these 
bones, there should have been found a fragment of a stag's 
horn, similar to that found along with the Airthrey whale, 
and having a similar round hole bored through it. This 
piece of horn is also deposited in the Museum. A speci- 
men of the stratum of peat-moss under the clay has been 
sent to the Museum, along with the bones in which the re- 
mains of wood, particularly alder, and of various water- 
plants, will be distinctly seen. The stratum was found to 
be six feet deep, and under it bluish sand was found, with 
little or no admixture of clay. 
