238 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
Fie, 8.—Hunting the Urus in 1596 (Sibmacher). 

periods in prehistoric times being— 
(1) Flint; (2) Rude, Unpolished 
Stone; (3) Polished Stone; (4) 
Bronze ; (5) Iron. 
The Urus or Bos primigenius is 
first found in Britain with the Bison 
in the ancient river terraces. It 
lived on and became abundant, 
probably after the Bison had become 
extinct, throughout the age of 
Neolithic Man. But there is ne 
record of its remains having been 
found in Britain associated with 
Roman objects, or anything that 
would show that it lived on later 
than the Bronze Age. As regards 
the Bison and Urus, Pliny distin- 
guishes the two as Bonassus, with its 
thick mane—‘‘maned with a collar 
like a lion”—and Urus with its 
terrible horns. Tacitus tells us that 
a tribute of Urus hides was imposed 
on the Frisians. This, I think, again 
mixes up the Bison with the Urus. 
I have come across a passage which 
I cannot definitely recall, which states 
that Urus hides were good to lie on, 
and I surmise that skins taken for 
tribute were so utilised, and for this 
purpose Bison hides would be desired’ 
—what we now call “ Buffalo hides ” 
—and not Urus hides, which are 
said to have been “hard.” The 
Bison is the Wisent (Fig. 6) of 
the Germans and Subr of the 
Poles, while Urus (Bos primigenius) 
(Fig. 7) is termed Ur, - Aur, 
Auerochs, by the Germans, and 
Tur or Thur by the Poles. 
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