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grit, mountain limestone (Derbyshire), North Stafford coal-fields with 
millstone grit, mountain limestone near Congleton, and the Permian and 
Triassic systems of Cheshire and Staffordshire. This survey has been 
long looked forward to, and will be hailed with pleasure and satisfaction 
when pubhshed. I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, 
J. 1). SA1^'TEB. 
Macclesfield, April 8th, 1863. 
[The bones referred to as from the gravel, whieh have been sent to us for examination, 
are, 1, metacarpal of ruminant {Bos lomjifrons) ; 2, ealeaneum of ditto ; 3, fragment of 
mauimalian bone ; 4, upper molar of ruminant {^Bos of small size) , 5, base of shed 
antler of red deer {Cervus Elajjhus). 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 couditiou, and not in any way 
petrified. — Ed. Geol,] 
GlyptoJepis. — Upper Ludlow Fosaih. 
My deae Sir, — 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 Holoptijchlus Fle- 
mingi is in reality a Ghjptolepis* My communication to you referred sim- 
ply to the detection of Xcuper 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, slioemaker, 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 Lycopodiacea). 
Yours very truly, 
AV. S. Symonds. 
PendocJc Hectory, TeivJceshuri/, April Aih, 1863. 
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 back part very large ; in 
one the bone of the nose turns up in a very peculiar manner They are 
evidently of great antiquity, and have been undisturbed for very many 
years, for above them were the decayed roots of very large trees. The 
site was a large forest and hunting-ground in the reign of Elizabeth, who 
had a hunting-lodge in the neighbourhood, remains of which are still in 
existence. The skeletons w ere exhibited at a meeting of the Antliropolo- 
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. EivEEs. 
Sidney Villa, Luton, Chatham, April IGth, 1863. 
* The passage referred to was, by a singular error of the printer, iusertcd in Mr. Sy- 
monds's letter instead of in " Notes and Queries." It was a note sent by Mr. James 
Powrie, of Rcswallic.— En. Geol. 
