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 50 hollow of the new red sandstone formation, at Bielbecks, south of Market Weigh ton, in Yorkshire. The surface here is sandy and gravelly; for the sake of improving it the lacustrine marls below were excavated by the farmer, and in the lower part of the pit many bones and shells were found.

The excavation, being renewed under the direction of Mr. W. V. Harcourt, was continued to the bottom of the deposit, presenting in succession—

No bones, shells, or vegetable remains were found in Nos. 1, 2, 3. 6. or 7. In the grey marl, No. 4., bones and tusks and teeth of the elephant, a bone of the rhinoceros, and a part of the horn of a deer were found, but no vegetable reliquiæ, and no shells. In the black marl, No. 5, most of the bones, and all the shells and vegetable reliquiæ occurred. The whole collection contained—