OF TILGATE FOREST. 
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feel how mucli I shall require the indulgence of the 
Society, for the imperfect data on which, I fear, 
many of my conclusions will appear to rest, I would 
beg to cite the pertinent observations of M. Cuvder 
on the remains of the Megalosaurus of Stonesheld, 
and which are peculiarly applicable to those of 
Tilgate Forest: — “Par malheur ils ne sont ])as 
trouves ensembles, ni meme (a l’exce})tion des 
vertebres) reunis deux a deux, ou trois a trois, de 
maniere a rendre vraisemblable qu’ils soient j)ro- 
venus du meme individu, et qui plus est, ce n’est 
que par leiirs rapports zoologiques, et ])ar leur 
existence dans les memes carrieres, que I’on ])eut 
conclure qu’ils viennent d’une meme espece; encore 
ces rapports zoologiques sont ils d’une nature as- 
sez equivoque, et assez melaugee.” ( 0.s'.y. Foss. 
tom. V. ]). 315.) In fact, with but very few ex- 
ce})tions, no two bones, or teeth, have been found 
together in their natural position ; and not a frag- 
ment of the jaws, nor scarcely any portion of the 
skull, has been discovered ; a circumstance truly 
remarkable, considering the vast numbers of de- 
tiiched teeth, and vertebrae, and bones of the ex- 
tremities that have been collected. 
From the almost entire absence of the bones of 
the head, we commence our enquiry with the teeth, 
some of which are very perfect, and highly cha- 
racteristic, and belong to at least five genera of 
oviparous quadrupeds ; namely, the Plesiosaurus^ 
Crocodile, Cylindricodoii, Megalosaurus, and the 
Js:uanodon. I ^lall notice, in the order in which 
they are named, the teeth of these animals, and the 
bones which appear to be referable to them ; as the 
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