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Thefe Horns (/) have been very large ones; fome 
of the Spines rncafuring 12 Inches and upwards in 
Length. The Horns themfelves, many of them, are 
better than z\ Inches in Diameter, and feveral of 
Stem above 12 Inches from Spine to Spine. 
Another Curiofity I was informed of, which would 
have been a great Pieafure to me to have had it in my 
Power to have lent you : It was the entire Skeleton of a 
Man, which was found in the fame Bed or Stratum with 
the above-mentioned Horns, as one of the Workmen, 
allured me : He faid, he took the Pains to lay it all to- 
gether upon the Grafs, as regularly as he was able $ 
but his Curiofity being then fatisfied, he left it to be 
ground to Pieces by the Carts and Waggons that came 
thither for the Marl •, fo carelefs were thefe poor igno- 
rant People of fo valuable a Specimen of the human 
Race ! What inftru&ive Inferences might perhaps have 
been drawn from fuch a Skeleton, withrefped to the 
Magnitude of Men in the early Ages of the World ! 
I own, I cannot but regret the Lofs of it. 
Helmet Stones (m) and Belemnites are here to be 
found in abundance, at all Depths, and in every dif- 
ferent Stratum ; which I think fhews, that the Fifh, 
which produced thefe Foffils have been very plenti- 
ful : And fo they mud have been all over the County, 
as 
(/) c The Nature of thefe Horns feems to the Eye to be intirely 
1 changed into that of Chalk j only retaining their outward Form, 
c and the Porofenefs of their inward Parts.’ 
(m) c Whatever Strata thefe Helmet-Stones are found in, I obferve 
1 they are moftly fill’d with Matter of the fame Nature and Con- 
c fiftcncy, provided they have lain there undifturbed.’ 
