MISCELLANY. 
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MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 
Remains of Mammalia. —The remains of Mammalia have been found on the 
plains of Cheshire. In the progress of cutting for the Grand Junction Railway, 
two grinders of the Elephant were discovered in a bed of gravel replete with ma- 
r'ne shells. 
Minerals in Jamaica. —The expectations of the Spaniards, which appear to have 
been disappointed on the first discovery of Jamaica, by Cglombus, with respect to its 
mineral riches, seem to be on the eve of being realized, after an interval of 
more than three centuries, in our days; specimens of copper, gold, silver, lead ? 
and iron ores, of great beauty and richness, having been received in this country 
from an estate in the vicinity of Kingston. The copper ore is said to yield fifty per 
cent, of pure metal, and hence appears to be the richest in the world: and a cargo 
of copper ore, shipped from an estate in the parish of St. George, sold as high as 
<£40 per ton.Besides this a discovery of coal, of excellent quality, has also taken 
place, and promises to be of vast advantage to the inhabitants .—Sheffield Iris. 
Interesting Remains. —In excavating for the line of the Great Western 
Railway, in a field close to the Cross Post Turnpike, on the Bristol road, the 
workmen have discovered some very extensive remains of a Roman villa. The 
foundations have been laid open, so that it would be very easy to form a toler¬ 
ably correct ground-plan of the building. Two tesselated pavements were dis¬ 
covered, but they were, unfortunately, in a great measure destroyed be¬ 
fore the workmen were aware what they were digging through. Some por¬ 
tions, however, remain uninjured. They are very curious and beautiful, 
formed of small cubes of blue and white lias and red tile ; it is intended to re¬ 
move and preserve these fragments if possible, but the cement is so decayed that 
it is feared that the tesselae will not hold together. Numerous fragments of 
Roman pottery, and other relics of a domestic nature, have been dug up.—- 
Bath Herald. 
Antediluvian Remains. —The Columbus (American) Journal states, that in 
the prosecution of a geological survey of Jackson county, Ohio, the bones of an 
animal of extraordinary size were discovered. A tusk measured 10 feet 9 inches 
in length, and 23 inches in circumference at the largest part, and weighed, when 
taken from the earth, 180lb. The largest tooth weighed 801b. 4oz. and the other 
bones were of corresponding proportions ! 
