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found in the caverns of Oreston. 
the lime-stone at Torbay is connected with Plymouth and 
Chudleigh, or whether it be connected or not, I am unable 
to say, 
I am, Dear Sir, &c. &c. 
JOSEPH WHIDBEY. 
N. B. Since the bones were packed up, another jaw bone 
has been found, more perfect than any I have seen, with 
most of the teeth in it. This was found in cave B, where 
many of the other bones were discovered. 
A description of the Fossil Bones found in the Caverns of Oreston , 
referred to in the foregoing Paper. By Mr. William Clift, 
Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, 
in which the bones are deposited. 
On receiving this large collection of fossil bones for the 
purpose of comparing them with those of recent animals, 
and with other specimens, now deposited in the Museum of 
the College, which were discovered in caverns in the same 
lime-stone rock in the years 1816 and 1820, I immediately 
perceived that they belonged chiefly, if not entirely, to ani- 
mals of different genera from those formerly met with ; and 
consequently, I became desirous of ascertaining how far they 
were similarly circumstanced in regard to the relative situa- 
tions in which they were found ; because in the caverns first 
discovered, the bones of the different species were entirely 
separate from each other. 
In the cavern discovered in 1816, although the greatest 
care was taken to collect every bone contained in it, those 
of the rhinoceros alone were found. 
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