 Many horses' heads, and bones of several kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, and the heads of beavers, are also found embedded in it.  The Lithology of Edinburgh - Page xliiiby John Fleming - 1859 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 474 pages
...irregularly dispersed, as to render it evident that their situation was the effect of accident only. The horns, heads, and bones of several kinds of deer;...the heads and tusks of boars, the heads of beavers, human bones, &c. have at ditferent times been discovered in it. These things are generally found at... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 512 pages
...irregularly dispersed, as to render it evident that their situation was the effect of accident only. The horns, heads, and bones of several kinds of deer,...the heads and tusks of boars, the heads of beavers, human bones, &c. have at different times been discovered in it. These things are generally found at... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 778 pages
...about 9 miles in length, and near half a mile broad, has nothing singular in it, except it be, that a great many horns, heads, and bones of several kinds...and tusks of boars, the heads of beavers, &c. are found in it : and it is said that some human bones have been found also, all near the bottom. XVI.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 1102 pages
...are found in the peat, but many cones of tin- fir-tree and milshells are dug out. A great number of horns, heads, and bones, of several kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and the tusks of boars, the heads of beavers, and other animals, are also occasionally discovered. An urn... | |
 | 1813 - 636 pages
...them Lay* a hole at the broad aid, , . . . A great many horns, heads, and bones of several •linils of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, the heads of bearers, &c. are also fouud in it; and I have been told that some human bones have been found ; but... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...dispersed, as to render it evident that their situation was the effect of accident only. The horns, iieads, and bones, of several kinds of deer, the horns of...the heads and tusks of boars, the heads of beavers, human bones, &c. have at different times been discovered iu it. These things are generally found at... | |
 | John Fleming - 1822 - 632 pages
...addition to those which Mr NULL has so carefully collected, in the Edinburgh Phil. Journal, vol. ip 177. " A great many horns, heads, and bones of several kinds...antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, the heads of heaven, &e. are also found in it ; and I have been told, that some human bones have been found ; but... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...chiefly oak's, alders, willows, and firs, and appear to bave been torn up by the roots ; many horses heads, "'and bones of several kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, and the heads of beavers, are also found in it. Not many years ago an urn of a light brown colour,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...chiefly oaks, alders, willows, and firs, and appear to have been torn up by the roots ; many horses' heads, and bones of several kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, and the heads of beavers are also found in it. Some years ago an um, of a light brown color, was found... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...oaks, alders, willows, and firs, and appear to have been torn up by the roots : many horses' heads, bones of several kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads and tusks of boars, and the heads of beavers, are also found in it. Not many years ago a Roman urn of a light brown colour,... | |
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