THE BEAR. 17 
Many places in Wales, says Pennant, still re- 
tain the name of Penarth, or “the bear’s head,” 
another evidence of their former existence in our 
country.* 
Our illustrious countryman, John Ray, in his 
‘Synopsis Methodica Animalium” (a small octavo 
volume, published in 1693), tells us (pp. 213, 214) 
that his friend Mr. Edward Llwyd, in an old Welsh 
MS. on British laws and customs, discovered cer- 
tain statutes and regulations relating to hunting, 
from which it appeared that the Bear was formerly 
reckoned amongst the beasts of chase (# novem que 
venantur ferarum generibus tria tantum latrabilia t 
esse, ursuin, scandentia,t et phasianum, and _ its 
flesh was esteemed equally with that of the Hare 
and the Wild Boar: ‘“ Summam seu preecipuc cestima- 
tionts ferinam esse, ursi, leporis et apri.’§ 
* © British Zoology,” vol. i. p. 91 (ed. 1812). 
+ Latrabilia, “baitable animals.” The term is thus explained by 
Ray (op. cit.): “Ursus fera latrabilis [baitable] dicitur, quia cum 
tardigradus sit, nec velociter currere possit, canes eum facile asse- 
quuntur, contra quos deinde corpore in clunes erecto aliquandiu se 
defendit ; canes autem initio timidi nec propius accedere aut eum 
allatrant antequam agegrediantur et occidant.” See also Stuart, 
“‘ Lays of the Deer Forest,” vol. ii. p. 441. 
£ Scandentia, sc., ‘ climbers,” the marten and wild cat, perhaps also 
the squirrel. The mention of the pheasant here is remarkable, and 
we should be curious to discover the date of this MS., if still preserved, 
and the Welsh equivalent, in Llwyd’s opinion, for “ phasianum.” We 
know from another source (a MS. dated about 1177) that this bird 
was to be found here in 1059, since it is included in a bill of fare of 
that date prescribed by Harold for the household of the canons at 
Waltham Abbey. It would be interesting to know whether the Welsh 
MS. referred to was an earlier document or otherwise. 
§ In “a letter (dated Sept. 14, 1696) from the late Mr. Edward 
Llwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to Dr. Tancred 
Robinson, F'.R.S., containing several observations in Natural History, 
