Show SINGULAR DISCOVERY IX IN SCOTLAND I 1 A curious figure has been found in a quarry at bishaw scotland which is to be sent to the british museum A local paper says on the bank of the freestone quarry which is being worked at the low end of tho the town of wishaw is to be seen a sculptured like form which at first glance is not unlike one of the winged bulls that have been dug out of the sand heaps which have embedded the ancient nineveh the operations of the quarries have recently disinterred it from its rocky tomb in the bottom of the quarry and by great care in hewing out the rock around bround it they have been enabled lo 10 secure it in an almost entire state the workmen have turned up many similar forms of late of smaller size but butchen when this was first met it created quite a sensation ion ioa among them for from the position in which it was found lying the parts first uncovered bore a remarkable resemblance to the human form its head and body together measured about eight feet long and its shape is somewhat different to the saurian tribe that has hitherto been discovered I 1 in tithe the same sections of rocks it seems to belong to a higher order of life and bears a strong resemblance to members of the sea seal or walrus tribet tribe that bat tenant the seas and lounge on the shores of the tile present day it appears to be lyida 1 in I 1 on oil its side u a pital parallel lel lei to what rn must us t h have ave heen been th the e tidal wave I 1 its ita tg I 1 fore lore fins or paddles are folded into its belly the lock rock in in which it was fonna nonna overlies over lies the main coal and is of that description designated by the quartiers rs and builders a as liver rocks or amorphous free frestone tone having nether beds nor vertical cracks presenting the appear anee ance au ce of having been formed in convulsive waters and under diff different conditions from flom the ordinary bedded rocks afew A few yards from the place where those fossil mummies have been excavated algae or seaweed baw eed is seen in great abundance |