284 A Geological Sketch of the Valley of the Kennet 

 of what ha8 been called the Caledonian or Wild Ox. It was found 

 six feet below the surface, and near to what appeared to have been 

 an old road. It was enveloped in the decayed boughs of trees, 

 amongst which the hazel was readily to be found. This magmficent 

 specimen measures ^.^^ jt^t^ 



From the top of the head to the lower part of the jaw • • ^ 5 J 



Between the horns in the widest part ' 



Across the head, just over the eye sockets • • • a 



Girt of the horn (as now remaining, the external coating ^ 



being destroyed,) adjoining the skull 



In the middle of the horn 



The following sketches of the humerus of this monstrous animal 

 and also of that of a modern ox, eighty-five stone in weight, (both 



Fig. 8. -Humerus of Bos Primigenius. 



drawn to the same scale), show how vastly superior in bulk the 

 ancient ox must have been. 



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rig, 9._Humerus of modem Ox. 



