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 seems to have best retained its original size and appearance. Notwithstanding some loss from disintegration, five of the largest of these castings (after having been well sun-dried) weighed each on an average 89.5 grammes,



or above 3 oz.; and the largest weighed 123.14 grammes, or 4⅓ oz.,—that is above a quarter of a pound! The largest convolutions were rather more than one inch in diameter; but it is probable that they had subsided a little