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And just below is the scene shown in Fig. 2 — the patient 

 meek-eyed, dun-coloured oxen, waiting for the wains to be 

 loaded with the large blocks for transport to the sawing 

 houses below — a busy and most interesting scene. Prof. 

 Boyd Dawkins considers that the Italian large-horned, 



Fig- 2. — Cave di Carrara. Oxen and wagons for transport of marble. 



fawn-coloured, patient oxen are different from the large 

 English domestic breed (Chartley, ChiUingham, &c.) /;/ 

 every respect — colour, horns, and shape, and are not their 

 ancestors. He considers Mr Arthur Evans' suggestion, 

 that they have been derived originally from Egypt, verv 

 likely to be true. 



We had our work cut out for the rest of the day. It 

 was no easy matter chmbing under the hot sun over 

 debris composed of loose angular blocks of white marble. 

 Here a staircase of steps rudely put together led straight 

 up to a level, whence a zigzag path, scarcely discernible 

 from the white mass around, and only known to the 

 workmen, led up to the various workings. Some of 



