Note 229 — Chapter XXXVI · THE PLATEAUX
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On this subject consult Duke of Argyll, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. vii. (1851), p. 89; E. Forbes, Ibid. p. 103; W. H. Baily, op. cit. xxv. (1869), pp. 162, 357; Brit. Assoc. Rep. (1879) p. 162; (1880) p. 107; (1881) p. 151; (1884) p. 209; Mr. J. Starkie Gardner, Palæontographical Society, vols. xxxviii. xxxix. In the last of Mr. Baily's papers he notices that "the Rev. Dr. Grainger found a portion of a fish (Percidæ, possibly Lates)." The discovery of the remains of a fresh-water fish is an important additional testimony to the terrestrial conditions under which the lavas were erupted. The genus Lates now inhabits the Nile and the Ganges.