134 On the MammaliaH Drift of Wiltshire and its Fossil contents. 



LOCALITIES. 



1. Cervus elaphus, Bed Deer, . . . Fisherton, Westbury. 



2. Bubalus moschatus, Musk Buffalo,. Freshford, near Bradford. 



3. Bos primigenius, Great extinct Ox, . Christian Malford. 



4. Bos longifrons, Long-fronted Ox, . Fisherton, Salisbury. 



5. Elephas primigenius, Mammoth, . Bradford, Westbury, Chris- 



tian Malford, Foxham, Great 

 Bedwyn, BroughtonGifford, 

 Fisherton, Salisbury. 



6. Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Two horned Bulford, Bradford, West- 



Bhinoceros, bury, Broughton Gifford. 



7. Equus, Horse, Fisherton, Salisbury, near 



Chippenham. 



The bones of these Mammalia have been studied by that eminent 

 naturalist, Professor Owen. We may confidently depend on his 

 conclusions, and his descriptions are so graphic that I cannot do 

 better than quote from them. 



" At the period indicated by these superficial deposits, gigantic 

 Elephants of nearly twice the bulk of the largest individuals that 

 now exist in Ceylon and Africa roamed here in herds, if we may 

 judge from the abundance of their remains. Two horned Rhino- 

 ceroses of at least two species, forced their way through the ancient 

 forests, or wallowed in the swamps. The lakes and rivers were 

 tenanted by Hippopotamuses as bulky, and with as formidable tusks 

 as those of Africa. 



" Three kinds of Wild Oxen, two of which were of colossal size 

 and strength, and one of these maned and villous like the Bonassus 

 found subsistence in the plains. Deer as gigantic, in proportion to 

 existing species, were the contemporaries of the old Uri and Bi- 

 sontes, and may have disputed with them the pasturage of that 

 ancient land. One of these extinct Deer is well known under the 

 name of the Irish Elk, by the enormous expanse of its broad palmed 

 antlers; another had horns more like those of the Wapiti, but 

 surpassed that Great Canadian Deer in bulk. With these were 

 associated the Red Deer, the Rein-Deer, the Roebuck, and the 

 Goat. A Wild Horse, a Wild Ass, or quagga, and the Wild Boar 



