18 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



the extinction of tlie cave hynenfi, bear, and the great 

 Elephas primigenius and the rhinoceros, in England, 

 tliese elephants and rliinoceri found approprlate food in 

 the birch and spruce forests of Slberia. 



" The dental formula of the genus Spermophüus is exceed- 

 ingly like that of the common squirrel, the molars of the 

 lower jaw veiy much so ; so that a fragment, oi* even one 

 ramus, without the incisors, would be somewhat difficult to 

 determine. The incisoi's would at once settle the question, 

 as they are much longer and stronger in every way. The 

 Upper jaw is difFerent, the squirrel having only four molars, 

 while the marmot lias five on cach side. In their natural 

 arrangement they are arranged by systematists, close 

 together ; in fact, the marmots are called by the natives 

 generally ' ground squirrels/ " 



SECOND DAY. 



(ßxi'urFiion. 



A large party started at ten o'clock. The road lay 

 through a beautiful country, with charming green lanos, in 

 many places overshadowcd with trees. The village of 

 Walton-in-Gordano was the first visited. 



Walton Castle was pronounced by Mr. Parker to be a 

 a house of the time of James I. or Charles I., built in the 

 medlteval style. The ruins of the cid church are of the 

 period of liichard IL The fönt was removed from it to 

 to the new edifice, which also has the old porch re-erected. 



Not far distant is Weston-in-Goedano, where the Rev. 

 "W. Hauten ville read an account of the Percival family, by 

 whom the church was founded. The Kev. F. Browne 



