ON THE FACE OF A CLIFF.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 30 April 1913, Page 3

ON THE FACE OF A CLIFF.

DISCOVERY OF FOSSILISED SKEL r

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BOICES VISIBLE IN THE PAPA

(From Our Travelling Reporter.) PATEA, April 28.

A most interesting discovery cf a fossilised skeleton was made at the Oaves' Beach on Sunday by a party of Wavtrley iesidents. It «;>pous tint the discoverers were eujoyir.g a «eokend jaunt at the beach, and as one ot the party was interesting himself in the specimens of fossilised shells dotted here and there among the papa, his attention was drawn to what appoared to be the remains of a log projecting! from the face of the cliff.' ,It lia'dXapparently been exposed;byarslip, and '*ia' well-directed aim from a stone ''.dislodged a small piece, .-Vhich: upon *kafninatton was" found fo bff a fine^speci--*t?.eri Q,f fossilised bone. - The discoverynaturally . excited curiosityijV and1 with a desire'to investigate the matter further, a ropo was secured, and one of the most daring of the party was lowered foi—about 20 feet over the cliff. He eventually returned with several good-sized pieces of the fossil, and said that the bones visible were portions evidently of a large skeleton that he had been able to trace vaguely in the rock formation. The bones are said to be of enormous size, the largest; piqee being about 6£ inches in diameter. : . T •.-■'■■ " '-'■ ■' .;■" "■;'. '..

A samole has been despatched to the curator of the Wellington Museum for his opinion.