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was of a soft nature, as berries, or tender twigs or sprouts. 
The size and strength of the Ursus speleus, and the huge 
canines with which its Jaws were armed, would, however, 
enable it to cope with the large Ruminants and ordinary 
Pachyderms, its contemporaries in ancient Britain and 
on the Continent, and to successfully defend itself against 
the large Lion or Tiger, whose remains have been found 
in the same caverns. 
In regard to such depositaries of fossil remains in this 
country it has been proved, chiefly by the researches of Dr. 
Buckland, that England differs very remarkably from the 
rest of Europe in the small number of its ancient bears, as 
compared with the hyznas; the proportionate numbers of 
Ursus speleus and Hyena spelea being reversed in the island 
and on the continent. How far this difference depends on 
the accident of a discovery of retreats of the Hyzna in 
this country, which remain to be found on the Continent, 
or whether it is to be regarded as an indication of some 
geographical separation having existed at the remote period 
of these beasts of prey, analogous to that which now divides 
England from the Continent, may be determined by ulterior 
researches. 
Having already discussed the question of the specific 
characters and relations of the extinct Bears of this 
country, I shall conclude by briefly indicating the chief 
localities in which their fossil remains have been discovered. 
The tusk of a Bear, equalling in size that of the Ursus 
speleus, discovered by Dr. Buckland in the celebrated 
hyena-cave at Kirkdale in Yorkshire has been already 
cited. A few teeth of a feline animal, indicating a magni- 
tude equal to the largest Bengal Tiger, were also found. 
The paucity of such remains is rendered more striking by 
the contrast, of the incalculable numbers of hyzenas’ teeth 
which the same cavern has furnished. 
