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mon than the horse ; and of other species but few specimens 

 have been met with, though in some localities the beaver, the 

 badger, and the hedgehog appear in some numbers. The bear 

 and the wolf, as well as the urns, the bison, and the elk, seem 

 to have occasionally been captured ; it is probable that the 

 latter species were taken in concealed pits. 



From the small lake at Moosseedorf, M. Kiitirneyer has 

 identified the following list : Of the dog, three specimens ; 

 fox, four specimens ; beaver, five specimens ; roe, six speci- 

 mens; goat and sheep, ten specimens; cow, sixteen speci- 

 mens; hog, twenty specimens; stag, twenty specimens. It 

 is certainly very striking to find two wild species represented 

 by the greatest number of specimens, and particularly so, 

 since this is no exceptional case ; but the whole sum of the 

 wild exceeds that of the domesticated individuals, a result, 

 moreover, which holds good in other settlements of this epoch. 

 Not only does this indicate a great antiquity, but also that 

 the population must have been sometimes subjected to great 

 privations, partly from the unavoidable uncertainty of supplies 

 so obtained, partly because it is improbable that foxes would 

 have been eaten except under the pressure of hunger. 



The bones of the stag and the wild boar often indicate 

 animals of an unusual magnitude, while, on the other hand, 

 the fox appears to have been somewhat smaller than at present. 

 The dogs varied less than they do now; in fact they all belong- 

 to one variety, which was of middle size, and appears to have 

 resembled our present beagles. (M. Elitimeyer describes it 

 as "resembling the Jagdhund" and the " Wachtelhund.") The 

 sheep of the Stone period differed from the ordinary form in 

 its small size, fine legs, and short goat-like horns ; particulars 

 in which it is nearly resembled by some northern and moun- 

 tain varieties at the present day, as, for instance, by the small 

 sheep of the Shetlands, Orkneys, Welsh hills, and parts of 

 the Alps. At Wauwyl, however, M. Elitimeyer found traces 



