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in which the astragalus retains its natural position between the tibia 
and os calcis; these are held together by a stalagmitic cement, and 
were probably left in this position by some beast of prey that had 
gnawed off the deficient portions of the tibia and os calcis. 
3.—CAVE AT BALLEYE, NEAR WIRKSWORTH. 
A third case is that of some bones and molar teeth of the elephant, 
found in another cavity of mountain limestone at Balleye, near Wirks- 
worth, in Derbyshire, in the year 1663; one of these teeth is now in 
the collection of Mr. White Watson, of Bake well. There is, I believe, 
no other account of the circumstances under which these remains 
were found than the subjoined MS. in the possession of Mr. Wat¬ 
son, by a miner, named George Mower *. 
4—DREAM CAVE, NEAR WIRKSWORTH. 
A fourth example has just occurred in the same neighbourhood, 
in a lead mine called the Dream, in the hamlet of Callow, about one 
mile W. of Wirksworth, towards Hopton, on the property of Philip 
Gell, Esq., whose attention has been judiciously directed to the sub¬ 
ject, and by whose exertions nearly the entire skeleton of a rhinoceros 
has been extracted, together with some considerable remains of the 
horse, ox, and deer. On being informed of this discovery, through 
the kindness of my friend the Rev. D. Stacy, I set off immediately 
for Derbyshire, for the purpose of examining all its circumstances, 
and found them to be nearly as follows. In the month of December, 
* In sinking for lead at Bawlee, within two miles of Wirksworth, A. D. 1663, they 
came to an open place as large as a church, and found a skeleton reclining against the 
side, so large that his brain-pan would have held two strike of corn, and so big that 
they could not get it up without breaking it. My grandfather having a share in the 
said mine, they sent him a tooth, weighing four pounds three ounces. —Geo. Mower. 
