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ulna ; several carpal and metacarpal bones ; the bead of the 
tibia ; several fragments of tusks and two fine fragments of 
teeth, showing very clearly the peculiar narrow transverse 
plates and ridges of the dentine and enamel, by which the 
teeth of this elephant are distinguished. 
The fissure in which these bones were found occurs in the 
upper beds of the carboniferous limestone, and has been ex- 
posed by the workings of a quarry. The limestone strata at 
Waterhouses are much dislocated, and fissures frequent, the 
OSSEOUS FISSURE AT WATERHOUSES. 
river Hamps disappearing in dry weather through fissures 
very near to the above quarry, and other streams in the 
immediate neighbourhood were described as sinking in the 
same manner. The face of the limestone in the quarry is 
• nearly parallel to the general direction of the valley, or nearly 
east and west, and the fissure follows the dip and direction of 
