Art. XVIII.—Memorandum on certain Fossils, more particularly a new Ruminant found at the Island of Perim, in the Gulf of Cambay
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- 1 January 1846
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Vol. 8 (15) , 340-348
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0035869x0014290x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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