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Mr. Whidbey on some fossil bones 
the first bones were found in November, 1816, 180 yards in 
a western direction. 
The sketch No. 2, [Tlate VII.] shows the face of the 
rock where the teeth and shells were found, which are in the 
case No. 8, with some of the clay and sand in which they lay. 
The face of the rock is very compact lime-stone, excepting 
the part shaded dark. In the lower part of it is a cave marked 
G, H, I, filled with the substance that will be found in case 
No. 8. In this cave the teeth were found at G, and the shells at 
H. Between I and K, the rock appears to be compact, but from 
K to L it is composed of narrow fissures, covered with thin 
stalactite throughout. At M, there is a small opening of but 
little extent ; above and below which, and the fissures marked 
K and L, as well as the cave marked G, H, I, there is no 
apparent opening to lead to the surface, more than what I 
have mentioned in my description of sketch No. 1 ; but what 
may be produced in quarrying farther on I cannot tell, though 
I shall not fail to take notice as the quarry proceeds. 
The height of this quarry to the surface at N, is 110 feet ; 
and this part of the quarry is 400 feet distant from the cave A, 
in sketch No. 1, and is in fact part of the same quarry. 
Professor Buckland and Mr. Warburton have examined 
the Oreston quarries and caves that contained the bones, and 
they also found some themselves. 
This body of lime-stone rock commences at Mount Edge- 
combe, crosses the east end of the Dock-yard, and takes the 
line of road towards London, and I believe ends at Chud- 
leigh, as I have never seen it to the eastward of that place. 
Both sides of Torbay are of lime-stone, but it continues no 
farther to the eastward in that direction. In what manner 
