Magazine, I fhall be happy in having communicated it.

J. HAWKER, Richmond Herald. "Foffl Crocodile, one of the greatest curiofities in the Foffil world, which the late years have produced. It is the skeleton of a large crocodile almoft entire, found at a great depth under ground, bedded in Rone. This was in the poffeffion of Linkius, who wrote an accurate defcription of this curious Foffil. It was found in the fide of a large mountain in the midland part of Germany, and in a ftratum of black Foffil-ftone, fomewhat like our common flate, but of a coarfer texture; the fame with that in which the Foffil-fish in

many parts of the world are found, The

keleton had the back and ribs very plain, and was of a much deeper black than the reft of the ftone. The part of the stone where the head lay, was not found; this being broken off juft at the fhoulders, but that irregularly, fo that in one place a part of the back of the head was vifible in its natural form; the two fhoulderbones were very fair, and three of the feet were well preferved; the legs were of their natural shape and fize, and the feet preferved even to the extremities of the five toes each." Encyclopædia.

The greateft part of a Follil Crocodile was difcovered in the year 1805, by the Rev. Peter Hawker, jun. of Woodchester in the county of Gloucester, at Welton near Bath, bedded in lime and iron-ftone 20 feet beneath the furface; the upper foil is a ftratum about two feet in depth, of a red caft. The following is a detail of the dimenfions: length from the extreme part of the head to the end of the tail, 10 feet. Number of vertebræ 70; thofe which have their fpinal proceffes perfect, 17. Os facrum, two in number, 9 inches each in circumference. Head, 3 feet 2 inches in length; depth twelve inches. Os frontis, from right to left, 8 inches over. Orbit of the eye, 8 inches long, and 6 wide. Number of teeth 120; thofe perfect measure 2 inches in length. Ribs many, very perfect. Two clavicles, one quite perfect, 5 inches long and 4 wide. Sternum, 9 inches in length. Os huineri, both perfect, 7 inches long, five wide. Vertebræ of the back, 9 inches in circumference ; at the upper part of the tail 83 inches; the centre 9 inches; and the terminal vertebræ 44 inches.

Some Nautili, Cornu Ammonia, Trochi, Mufcles, Pectens, Anomie, were alfo found in the fame tone, beautifully coated with cryftalized Pyrites.

The quarry is about half a mile from

the river Avon, and 16 from the Bristol channel, fituated between two hills (Claverton and Laufdown), nearly two miles each in height; the component parts of which hills, from their fummits to their bafes, are Oolite, Free-flone, blue and, white Lyas, Marl, a fmall portion of Iron-flone, and the lower bed red ground.

I

Mr. URBAN,

Dec. 2. HAVE derived great pleasure from reading the judicious vindication of the Delegates of the Clarendon Prefs in your Magazine for October lafı, p. 916-922, by Oxonienfis. In p.919 he quotes a paffage, which is thus printed in Ifaac Walton's own edition of his Lives in 1664, 1670, and 1675: "Should be girt, a staff in their hand, to eat a lamb.”

In Dr. Zouch's edition of Walton's Lives, p. 304, the reading is " fhod, begirt, a faff in their hands, to eat a lamb."

Let it be remarked that the paffage is not in Walton's Life of Hooker. It is found in "an excellent letter from Mr. George Cranmer, to R. H. concerning the new Church difcipline;" which letter was reprinted by Walton, and placed at the end of the life of Hooker. It appears from the first edition of this letter, printed by itself in 1642, previous to any of Walton's publication, that Dr. Zouch's reading is in perfect agreement with it, and therefore to be preferred. Indeed if the context be confidered, it is the only one that gives fenfe to the paffage. A. U.

await me in fome other quarter. We know who it is that hath promifed "never to leave nor foríake us," and "to guide us with his counsel." He knows how to over-rule our fhortfighted views to those ends which may be moft conducive to his glory, the advantage of others, and our own happiness.

Before I left London I had the fatis faction of engaging an affiftant who had been ftrongly recommended to me as a man of unaffected piety. I was pleafed with his converfation; he feemed to have a good tincture of learn

in 1794. LETTER Í.

My dear Friend,

Rotterdam, April 11, 1794. 1 little thought, when I took up my pen to write to you from this place last Autumn, that in little more than half a year I fhould be writing to you again from Rotterdam. However, fo it is; and where I may be fix months. hence is more than I can pretend to conjecture. The with nearest my heart is, that I may be fleering my courfe for England, and with the profpect of spending the Winter in L-~c— t-fh-e, where, if it fhould fo please the All-wife Difpofer of Events, I should be happy to remain for life; but Providence often thwarts our fondeft wishes, and never without fome wife and good ends in view; at leaft I am fure I have reafon to fay fo when I take a retrofpective view of my own life. I spent many happy days inter Silvas Aca demi, and felt many a pang on being obliged to quit the thades of Alma Mater; but, ere long, I became quite reconciled to the change. Sweet is the memory of thofe days that were fpent at B→d in literary leisure ; and though I removed from thence with great reluctance to the retirement of a country curacy, inter Rufticanos verfans verfa túfque, I had, afterwards, fufficient reafon to conclude that the change was, wifely ordered. You know with what grief and heavinefs of heart I took my leave of that beloved (pot. What may be the confequence of this latt ftep is known only to that good and gracious Being who fixes the bounds of our habitation; and if I am never more to refume my flation at

I comfort myself with the hope that a field of greater usefulness may GENT. MAG. January, 1807.

and gentle manners. I fhall be very happy to hear that he acquits himself to the fatisfaction of a flock whofe fpiritual interefis I am bound by every motive of gratitude to confult. He promifes to inftru&t the children, and to be affiduous in vifiting the people, after the example of St. Paul, from houfe to houfe. All this looks very well; and, I flatter my felf, this new connection will be attended with mutual fatisfaction.

This important bufinefs being fet tled, the next point to be adjufted was our route on the Continent. The question was, which was the best Ecole Militaire for the young foldier. Mr., after having fluctuated for fome time between Brunfwick and Drefden, at length decided in favour of the latter place. I am glad of it, as Upper Saxony is the very country I my felf fhould have chofen, had I gone folus cum folo. At Drefden I fhall have free accefs to the Elector's noble library, through our Minifter at that Court, and be within reach of the cele brated University of Leipfic. I have letters of recommendation to fome very eminent Lutheran Divines from the Rev. Dr. Burckhardt, of the Savoy. I am told, moreover, that the German language is spoken in greater purity at Drefden than in any other part of the Empire; and that the inhabitants are diftinguished by urbanity and politeness.

On Tuesday the Firft of April we fet out from London in a neat and commodious carriage of our own which we have brought with us hither. This vehicle will enable us not only to travel in ftyle, comme Milords Anglois, but, what is of much more confequence, in the most comfortable manner we could with, as we fhall have

Magazine, I fhall be happy in having communicated it.

J. HAWKER, Richmond Herald. "Foffil Crocodile, one of the greatest curiofities in the Foffil world, which the late years have produced. It is the skeleton of a large crocodile almoft entire, found at a great depth under ground, bedded in one. This was in the poffeffion of Linkius, who wrote an accurate defcription of this curious Foffil. It was found in the fide of a large mountain in the midland part of Germany, and in a ftratum of black Foffil-ftone, fomewhat like our common flate, but of a coarfer texture; the

fame with that in which the Foffil-fish in many parts of the world are found, The keleton had the back and ribs very plain, and was of a much deeper black than the reft of the ftone. The part of the ftone where the head lay, was not found; this being broken off juft at the fhoulders, but that irregularly, fo that in one place a part of the back of the head was vifible in its natural form; the two fhoulderbones were very fair, and three of the feet were well preserved; the legs were of their natural fhape and fize, and the feet preferved even to the extremities of the five toes each." Encyclopædia.

The greatest part of a Fofiil Crocodile was difcovered in the year 1805, by the Rev. Peter Hawker, jun. of Woodchester in the county of Gloucester, at Wefton near Bath, bedded in lime and iron-ftone 20 feet beneath the furface; the upper foil is a ftratum about two feet in depth, of a red caft. The following is a detail of the dimenfions: length from the extreme part of the head to the end of the tail, 10 feet. Number

of vertebræ 70; thofe which have their fpinal proceffes perfect, 17. Os facrum, two in number, inches each in circumference. Head, 3 feet 2 inches in

length; depth twelve inches. Os frontis, from right to left, 8 inches over. Orbit of the eye, 8 inches long, and 6 wide. Number of teeth 120; thofe perfect measure 2 inches in length. Ribs many, very perfect. Two clavicles, one quite perfect, 5 inches long and 4 wide. Sternum, 9 inches in length. Os huineri, both perfect, 7 inches long, five wide. Vertebræ of the back, 9 inches in circumference; at the upper part of the tail 83 inches; the centre 9 inches; and the terminal vertebræ 44 inches.

Some Nautili, Cornu Ammonia, Trochi, Mufcles, Pectens, Anomie, were alfo found in the fame fione, beautifully coated with crvfialized Pyrites.

The quarry is about half a mile from

the river Avon, and 16 froin the Bristol channel, fituated between two hills (Claverton and Lanfdown), nearly two miles each in height; the component parts of which hills, from their fummits to their bafes, are Oolite, Free-flone, blue and, white Lyas, Marl, a fmall portion of Iron-flone, and the lower bed red ground.

I

Mr. URBAN,

Dec. 2.

HAVE derived great pleasure from reading the judicious vindication of the Delegates of the Clarendon Press in your Magazine for October latt, p. 916-922, by Oxonienfis. In p.919 he quotes a paffage, which is thus printed in Ifaac Walton's own edition of his Lives in 1664, 1670, and 1675: "Should be girt, a staff in their hand, to eat a lamb."

In Dr. Zouch's edition of Walton's Lives, p. 304, the reading is " Shod, begirt, a flaff in their hands, to eat a lamb."

Let it be remarked that the paffage is not in Walton's Life of Hooker. It is found in "an excellent letter from Mr. George Cranmer, to R. H. concerning the new Church difcipline;" which letter was reprinted by Walton, and placed at the end of the life of Hooker. It appears from the first edition of this letter, printed by itself in 1642, previous to any of Walton's publication, that Dr. Zouch's reading is in perfect agreement with it, and therefore to be preferred. Indeed if the context be confidered, it is the only one that gives fenfe to the paffage. A. U.

daring the whole time of the fiege, and feemed to take a patriotic pride in gratifying our curiofity. While I was furveying the fortifications and the various fcenes of action between the French and the brave garrifon, I repeated to myfelf thofe lines of Virgil, Juvat ire et Dorica caftra Defertofque videre locos, littufque relictum.

Hic Dolopum manus, hic fævus tendebat Achilles;

Claffibus hic locus; hic acies certare folebant.

On our return from Williamftadt we oroffed the Maefe to Rotterdam by moon-light, and the effect produced by the night fcenery there was highly Ariking and pleafing. We spent the evening with an amiable English family refiding here, by whofe hofpitality we were amply recompenfed for the fatigues and privations of the day. We talk of leaving this place tomorrow. You may expect to hear from me when we get to Utrecht.

I am happy to inform you that my young friend and I agree very well together; his temper and difpofition appear to be open and ingenuous, and I entertain great hopes of his improvement. He had laid a good foundation in the Latin language at W-- and he has a relifh for the beauties of fine writing. Early in the morning we devote fome time to the Hifiory of the Seven United Provinces, and when gliding in the treckfchuyte we have hitherto amufed ourfelves with Pope's Imitations of Horace, concerning which, if I am not miftaken, it was obferved by Lord Chesterfield, that he thought Horace was more obliged to Pope than Pope to Horace. Adieu; let me hear from you frequently, and believe me Yours ever. (To be continued.)

THE PROJECTOR, N LXVI. "If Beauty fail, Where are those ornaments, thofe nice

attires

greater part of this clafs of correfpondents choose to treat of the female drefs, by which I have been enabled, perhaps with tolerable certainty, to guess at the fex of the writers. By a few, I am very sharply rebuked for almoft totally neglecting this department of periodical lucubration, while others are humble enough to hope that I may yet retrieve my character by a complete treatile, or feries of papers on the subject.

Without divulging what my origi nal intentions might be on this important affair, 1 muft fay, that fince my correfpondence respecting Dress began to increafe, I was willing to try how far my correfpondents would go of them felves, and whether it was likely that their letters, when they amounted to a heap, might not furnish me with a complete feries of arguments pro and con, from which a body of laws could be extracted applicable to every variety of fashion. But I have waited to no purpose; for my correfpondents, having little concert among themfelves, are accustomed to fend. me the fame hints, and the fame advices, over and over again, from all which I can only learn that fome things want reformation, but nobody knows how to fet about it.

I will allow that if I aim to be guided by precedent only, no apology can be fufficient for the apparent neglect with which I have treated the important fubject of Drefs; for which of my predeceffors would have reached his fixtyfixth paper without having endeavoured to fhorten a train, or to improve a trimming, to curl a ringlet, or to twift a fleeve? But it is this excefs of precedents which has frightened me from the undertaking. Where fo much has been faid, what remains for me? Where no article has escaped without an ample difcuffion, how can I hope for novelty; and what reafon have I to expect that my readers will be pleafed with repetitions? And, as this fubject has employed the pens of my predeceffors for nearly a century, I certainly did hope that in that time fome points might have been fettled,

and fome questions of propriety for

ever fet at reft. It appears, however, that in this I have been difappointed, and that dress is one of thofe concerns which derive no benefit from experience.

Perhaps, however, my predeceffors

may