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number of the roots of Sigillaria found in the floors of such 
seams of coal, it was almost certain that they had some con- 
nection with that plant. This tended to confirm M. Adolphe 
Brongniart’s opinion, expressed many years ago, that Sigil- 
laria and Lepidodendron were plants very nearly allied to each 
other. Mr. Binney also exhibited some larger spores in a 
nodule of clay ironstone given to him by Mr. Ward, of Long- 
ton, and found in the Derbyshire coal field. These were in a 
most beautiful state of preservation, and exhibited the tesse- 
lated character of the outside of the spore. 
A paper was read by Mr. William Brockbank, “On the 
Discovery of the Bones of the Mammoth (Elephas primi- 
genius) in a Fissure of the Carboniferous Limestone at 
Waterhouses, near Leek.” 
A considerable number of bones were found at Water- 
houses some weeks since, but through ignorance of their real 
character they became dispersed without attracting attention, 
a good many having been used to manure the land by a 
neighbouring farmer. 
A few of these bones reached the author through Mr. 
Smith, of Chcddleton Mills, and were at once identified as 
belonging to the skeleton of an elephant. A further search 
was determined upon, and the author, accompanied by Messrs. 
Thomas Wardle of Leek, and J. Walsh and W. Smith of 
Manchester, visited Waterhouses on the 9th instant, and 
succeeded in finding a large number of bones. 
Mr. Wardle, t and Mr. Green of the Geological Survey, 
again visited the place on the 12th instant, and found very 
decided fragments of teeth. A further search is being made 
at the present time. 
A large number of bones were submitted to the Society, all 
of which were considered to be those of the Elephas primi- 
genius, amongst which were one humerus nearly complete, 
and part of the second ; parts of the pelvis and scapula ; one 
