64 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
from the north-west, and crossing the plain on their 
way to the forests, where they spend the winter. 
Both bodies of deer extended further than the eye 
could reach, and formed a compact mass narrowing 
towards the front. They moved slowly and majesti- 
cally along, their broad antlers resembling a moving 
wood of leafless trees. Each body was led by a deer 
of unusual size, which my guides assured me was 
always a female. One of the herds was stealthily 
followed by a Wolf, who was apparently watching for 
an opportunity of seizing any one of the younger and 
weaker deer which might fall behind the rest ; but 
on seeing us he made off in another direction. The 
other column was followed at some distance by a 
large black Bear, who, however, appeared only intent 
on digging out a mouse’s nest every now and then— 
so much so that he took no notice of us.” 
On the warrantable assumption that migrations of . 
a similar character formerly took place in this 
country, the large assemblage of animal remains at 
the Reindeer-ford at Windsor is easily accounted for. 
In the gravels on which Oxford stands, says Professor 
Boyd Dawkins, the Reindeer is found in greatest 
abundance; at Bedford it is associated with flint 
implements, the Red-deer, and Hippopotamus ; at 
Lawford, near Rugby, with the Cave Hyzena; at 
Fisherton, near Salisbury, with the Cave Lion, Urus, 
Roedeer, Marmot, and Lemming; in Kent also it is 
abundant in the brick earth of Sittingbourne and 
Maidstone ; in Somerset in the gravels of the Avon 
near Bath. Altogether, it has been determined in 
