fossil animal of MABSTRICHT. 2^1 
Pos Hawker, of Woodchester, in Gloiicester- 
V 4 (> ®®sses, perhaps, one of the Itandsomest speciraens 
* V’95 /Plains of the crocodile discovered in this island. 
Jtainj by him in the neighbourhood of Eath, and 
Steal, part of the head and of the trunk of tho 
fossil animal OF 
RIAKSTRICHT. 
JSies^® animal, tvhose fossil remains are found in the 
Maestricht, has been deservedly a frequent 
^miration ; and the beautiful appearance which 
ptese * possess, in consequence of their excellent state 
1 ^ «TrKi/^U n/lrtufc r\^ tier'll* f;iir 
ii*L’ ^as a matrix which admits of their fair dis- 
u.|aly v_ 1 ®'^oasioned every specimen of this fossil to he 
sJ . The lower jaw of this animal, with some 
)j/>o which were presented by Dr. Peter Cam- 
^oyal Society, and which are now in the British 
fSiti’ among the most splendid and interesting 
ij, ttions L workmen, having discovered part of an 
of an animal imbedded in the solid stone, 
lid^f'aatir, subterraneous passages of the mountain, gave 
Plf'^PjIah^ *^uM. Hoffman, who, with tho most zealous as- 
lj>tn “fed until he had disengaged this astonishing fos- 
C]?"fs ^ “f^trix. But when this was done, the fruits of his 
it^*^^ '^rested from him by an ecclesiastic, who 
bei ■ .. . . , .i ^ — 
yit 
fOlhl “f 
Was 
aig proprietor of the land over the spot on 
found. Hoffman defended his risht in a 
a > but the influence of the Chapter was 
.S“"tst him, and he was doomed not only to the 
‘“estimable fossil, but to the payment of heavy 
W> at L?' Butin time, justice, M. Paujas says, though 
till “n-ived— the troops of the P'reuch Republic 
•j^tti * ^’‘‘^asure, which was conveyed to the National 
uf the cervical, dorsal, and lumbar vertebrie, 
Vert I® about nine feet five inches, and that 
X * V ,'">■» of the tail about ten feet ; adding to 
Vf f'tig ,L''S>b of tlie head, wliich may be reckoned, 
**t, ^ loss of the intermaxillary bones, at least at 
® Ulay safely conclude the whole length of tlie 
