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geological chances of the east*' 
FOSSIL CROCODILES. .1 
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These fossils were collected in the neighbourho^ ^ 
fleuv, on the coast of France, and were found m 
hard limestone, of a bluish grey colour, which i^' 
nearly black when wet, and which is found 
shore on both sides of the raoutli of the SeinCi 
some places covered by the sea, and in otliers, ■ 
level, even at high water. •- 
Remains of crocodiles have also been found 
parts of France ; as, at Angers and Mans. Some ,j jf ‘ 
remains seem to show, that at least one of tlie m 
nhnve noticed is also found in other parts o . 
cies above noticed is also found in other parts 
besides Honfieur. 
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The remains of crocodiles have been also 
ferent parts of England ; but particularly on the jj, 
Dorsetshire, and of Yorkshire, near 'Whitby 
neighbourhood of Batli ; and near Newark, •» . 
hamshire. _ i 
Somersetshire, particularly in the neighbourhoo 
the cliffs on the Dorsetshrre, or Soutliern, inji, 
the Yorkshire, or Northern, coast, are tlic P‘"Yjiiis‘y 
island in which the remains of the animals^ 
have been chiefly found. The matrix in ■■ ,i i 
found is in general similar to that which has 
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mentioned as containing tire fossils of Honfle 
limestone, becoming almost black when wed 
description exactly agree* witli the l™estone 
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mouth. Lime, &c. in Dorsetshire, on the oppo*‘ 
that of France, on which Honfieur is situated. 
and Scarborough, where these fossils are ‘ fp V 
stone is indeed somewhat darker than in the ton 
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but no difference is observable which can be iji y 
offering any forcible opposition to tlie _ proba j 
original identity of this stratum, which is oose ^ 
northern coast of France, on the opposite south 
.... anri at the oDDositc northern extremity of J ‘ 
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coast, and at the opposite northern extremity ot^^ ‘y 
coast, anu m ............. , 
Some of diese remains are also found in qoam oi 
mon coarse grey and whitish limestone. 
kind of matrix, for these rernains, are obseiv^' 
quarries between Bath and Bristol. 
