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The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli, in 1861–3. By Josiah Gilbert and G. C. Churchill, F.G.S. 8vo. Longman, 1864: pp. 576.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 1864 , pp. 38 - 42
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page 38 note * The inhabitants of Klagenfurt have preserved in the Rath-Haus a fossil skull of the Tichorhine Rhinoceros, which many of them believe to be a remnant of their old enemy, whose bronze effigy adorns their public square. We have been told by Professor Suess that a skull of the same kind of Rhinoceros, and a large fossil rib and thigh-bone, are suspended by a chain in the Cathedral of Cracow.

page 39 note * The lead-mines of Bleiberg, near Villach, are the most extensive in Austria, yielding annually 1,600 or 1,700 tons of metal. The roof of the workings is formed of a dark brown marble, full of Ammonites, polished sections of which exhibit the most brilliant iridescence. This is the famous Lumachello, or ‘Firemarble.’

page 40 note * The collection made by Dr. Klipstein is in the British Museum.