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fossils which are visible in every bed of stone,, are rarely or ever obtained but from quarries* 
and other excavations : a few are occasionally found in the clay between the stone. Bones^ 
teeth* and wood* firmly imbedded in the stone* are some of its most characteristic identifi- 
cations. This is the third rock downwards* in the British series* which contains any ova. 
These little globular interpersions seem to indicate its contiguity and relationship to the 
greater and more perfect rocks of Oolite beneath. Through a great extent of country it is 
generally used on the roads. 
Amongst the fossils of this Stratum* teeth and bones are the most remarkable. The teeth 
found in the stone quarries about Pickwick and Atford* are by the quarry men called bird’s 
eyes*” to which they bear some resemblance. They are all of a dark chocolate colour* which* 
with their high polish* and being set in the light coloured stone* renders them very con- 
spicuous. Pickwick and Atford quarries used to be most noted for them ; but since it has been 
generally understood that the same Stratum may uniformly be expected to produce the same 
organized fossils throughout its course* other quarries of the same stone have been searched* 
and found to contain them. 
ORGANIZED FOSSILS. 
FIG. 
1 Patella rugosa 
Hinton. Minching Hampton Common, 
2 Ancilla 
Farley Castle. 
3 Rostellaria ? 
Poulton. Farley Castle. 
4 Ostrea 
Wincanton. Road Coal experiment. 
5 Pecten 
Siddington. Foss Cross. 
6 Pecten 
Farley Castle. 
7 Oval Bufonite 
Stunsffeld. Pickwick. 
8 Round Bufonite 
StunsfiekL Pickwick. Didmarton. 
9 Fish Palate 
Pickwick. 
10 Cap-formed Palate 
Pickwick. 
1 1 Shark’s Teeth ' 
Stunsfield. Pickwick. Farley Castle. 
