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lY, -^Notices regarding the Fossil Elephant of 
Scotland, 
By Robert Bald, Civil Engineer, F. R. S. E., M. W. S., 
G. S. L., &c. &c. 
{Read Mth February 1821.) 
In the observations which I had the honour of reading 
before this Society, the year before last, regarding the Clack- 
mannanshire Coal-field *, I remarked, when treating of the 
alluvial cover which rests upon the rocks, that it consisted 
of two very distinct kinds, which are termed the Old and 
Recent Alluvial Covers, and this observation applies to every 
district of Great Britain which I have examined. That 
termed Recent, is found along the sides of rivers and lakes, 
is frequently of considerable extent, generally very fertile, 
and, along the river Forth, it is in some places 90 feet in 
depth. It contains great abundance of organic remains, 
both of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, a circumstance 
familiar to every observer. This cover is visibly forming 
and extending every day. 
On the other hand, the Old Alluvial Cover is of vast ex- 
tent, occupying a great proportion of the surface of Great 
* Wern, Mem. Vol. iii. p, 123. 
