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jaw; the penultimate grinder, left side, lower jaw; a por- 
tion of the sacrum; portions of two tibie ; a portion of the 
ulna; a portion of the femur. 
Those specimens, which from their smaller size and 
modifications of form, are referable to the Ursus priscus, 
have been already described ; the remainder agree in size 
with the large Ursus speleus, and I have been gratified in 
confirming, by a close examination of these specimens, the 
accuracy of the opinion which Cuvier, on analogical grounds, 
entertained of their nature.* 
Perhaps the richest cave-depositary of the fossil bones of 
Bears hitherto found in England is that called Kent’s Hole, 
near Torquay. The natural history, with a special account 
of the organic riches of this cave, will be given in the se- 
cond volume of the ‘ Reliquize Diluviane,” which Dr. 
Buckland is now preparing for the press. It is to the 
assiduous researches of the late Rev. Mr. Mac Enery, that 
the discovery of the various and interesting fossils of this 
cave is principally due, and some of the rarest and most 
valuable of this gentleman’s collection have been lately 
acquired by the British Museum. Among the Ursine 
fossils meriting especial notice, are portions of the skull and 
teeth of the Ursus speleus, some of the latter equalling in 
size the largest specimens from the German caverns. 
The anterior portion of a lower jaw, including the an- 
chylosed symphysis, with two enormous canines, is like- 
wise remarkable from the circumstance of its retaining a 
* “Sir Everard Home assure qu'il y avyoit des os d’ours dans cette cayerne 
@Oreston prés Plymouth, d’oi l'on en a tant retire d’eléphans et de rhinocéros. 
Il y a trouvé une pénultiéme molaire supérieure, une inférieure qu'il déclare de 
Yours brun ou noir, et plusieurs autres os qu’il croit en yenir probablement aussi ; 
expressions d’aprés lesquelles il semble qu’il ne les juge pas de nos espéces des 
cavyernes. Ils me paroissent toutefois devoir venir de ces especes-ci, d’autant que 
M. Buckland m’apprend y ayoir découvert récemment des os d’hyénes et de 
loups.”—Ossem. Fossiles, 4to., 1823, t. iv. p. 348. 
