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THE GEOLOGIST. 
" nigger." And what for ? Simply to prove the development 
theory of the " Vestiges," Lamarck, and so on back to the time of 
Democritus ; for these development theories are not new to the 
world : they are the old hypothesis dressed up in a new fashion. 
However, as it is not my purpose at present to dispute the ancestry 
some modern authors have chosen for themselves, I pass on, espe- 
cially as [ have a strong personal objection to any such lineage for 
myself. 
On Monday the 17th inst. I set out in company with Mr. James 
Plant, of Leicester, for Belvoii- Castle. We walked across the coun- 
try from Melton to Croxton, where a friend met us for the purpose 
of driving us to some of the localities in the neighbourhood best 
adapted for geological observation, the weather being all a geologist 
could desire. We were tolerably astounded at the immense mass of 
typical Lias fossils which we saw near the village of Redmile ; Ammo- 
nites, Terebratula, Rliynconella, Plagiostoma, Pedeii, Modiola, Belem- 
nites, Gryphea, Avicula, and fossil wood and coprolites being met with 
in abundance. Hugh Miller has told us how he was enchanted with 
and enchained in the Wren's-nest at Dudley by a slab of Silurian 
limestone crowded with the remains of palaeozoic life. So similar 
sensations crept over myself in this liassic burial ground. Thence 
we passed to another interesting locality at Woolsthorpe brickyard, 
where some beautiful specimens of Ammonites, Pentacrinites, and a 
variety of other fossils may be found in the Lias clay. These are ex- 
ceedingly delicate and small, but not friable. We visited other places 
more or less interest not necessary to describe here, and the next 
morning proceeded to Newark, to inspect, if possible, the bones and 
skull referred to in my last communication ; but in this we failed, as 
their owner. Dr. Beevor, had sent them to be made into a hat and 
cloak stand for his hall, placing the skull on the top. A singular 
appropriation, which can only be accounted for by the fact that the 
doctor takes no interest in geological matters, and was not aware of 
the scientific value of the bones. 
He has, however, promised to forward them to Mr. Ingram of 
Belvoir, who will forward them to you for inspection. 
The particulars I give below are well substantiated, and not the 
shghtest doubt can by any means be thrown on them, as the facts 
are all well attested. The following is a rough sketch of the district, 
showing the bends of the river. The Great Northern Railway 
diverted the course of the river to the channel shown by the dotted 
lines, and in digging for the foundation of the bridge over the new 
channel the workmen came upon the remains in question. 
The whole of the operations were on Mr. Chowler's farm, at Musk- 
ham, near Newark, and I ought, in justice, to remark that Mr. 
Chowler was exceedingly kind and polite in affording us all the 
information we required. 
The section shows the depth at which these bones were come upon, 
to be much greater than was stated in your June number, being 
twenty-five feet instead of twelve feet. 
