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Art. XVIII.—Memorandum on certain Fossils, more particularly a new Ruminant found at the Island of Perim, in the Gulf of Cambay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

Albemarle Bettington
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The fact that fossils are found at Perim has been noticed by Baron Hugel, Captain Fulljames, and others.

In a paper published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, May, 1836, Captain Fulljames, who has obtained certain of these fossils, has accurately described the general appearance of the island, and the matrix in which the greater portion of the fossils are found, viz., a conglomerate of sandstone, clay, and silex. In addition to what has been written on the subject, I would observe, that the appearance of the island at the ebb of spring tides is extraordinary; and accounts for, if it will not countenance, the legend, that Perim was formerly connected with the main.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 8 , Issue 15 , January 1846 , pp. 340 - 348
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1846

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page 343 note 1 Certain comparative measurements are impossible, by reason of the part referred to in the Sivatherium being either mutilated, or altogether non-existent, in the Perim fossil; for example, referring to the nasal arch, which has no existence in the Perim fossil, or the distance between the anterior horns, the base in the Perim fossil being confluent, and the summit on one side mutilated.

page 343 note 2 Muzzle umnutilated.

page 343 note 3 Margin unfractured.

page 344 note 1 In lieu of the last measurement, which cannot be taken.

page 344 note 2 Vide note as above.