The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (1867) (14595206297)

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Title: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London

Year: 1845 (1840s)

Authors: Geological Society of London

Subjects: Geology

Publisher: London (etc.)

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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, some months after, by the express desire ofthe late Dr. Palconer, yielded not only many bones of the PigmyElephant, but also a complete set of the tusks and teeth of thissingular extinct species, in every stage of growth, mingled withwhich were fragments of ivory, that had evidently formed part ofthe tusk of a much larger but ordinary-sized elephant; yet none ofthe teeth of the latter were found. All these fragments bore evidence, more or less marked, of fiercegnawing by some carnivorous animal, apparently not larger than ajackal. But it became apparent to me during the examination ofthese fragments that thej^ differed entirely from the large mamma-lian remains from Crendi cavern, and that it in fact contained noremains of Hippopotamus. The necessity of keeping this point in view, and the importanceof identifying its relics, as being distinct from those of the Crendi 1867.) SPRATT MALTESE BOlfE-CAVES. 289 Pig. 2.—Plan of the Zebhug / Bone-cave. Cliff, 40 ft. high. WaU, 4 ft. high.

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a. Aperture of theCavern, openingupwards underthe Lower Ter-race. (The shaded parts of the cavern are those which were excavated by the author.) 290 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOQICAL SOCIETY. (May 22, cavern, became more and more evident as the exploration pro-gressed, since they had now become confused together in all localcollections and in the local notices of these caverns, none of thewriters having visited either cavern; and thus all idea of their specialcharacters, as being probably indicative of two distinct geologicalperiods or conditions of the island, was lost sight of. Besides these relics of the Elephants, there were fragments ofthe large and small bones of aquatic birds, namely two giganticSwans *, and of a Turtle, or Tortoise,—as also some few bones andjaws of the Myoxus Melitensis found in the Crendi cavern, andanother species of Myoxus, figured by Dr. Carte in the * Trans-actions of the Eoyal Dublin Society. IV. The Melliha Caveen. In the Spring of 1862 I was again so fo

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