found in Corncockle Muir, Dumfries-shire.- 85 
ifiches in length, there are twenty-four impressions, which 
make twelve of the right feet, cae as iain of the left, be- 
‘ing of course six repetitions of the mark of each foot. “The 
marks of the fore feet are a little more than two inches in di- 
ameter, both from claw to heel and across, and those made 
by the hind feet are of much the same size, but somewhat 
differently shaped. The appearance of five claws is discern- 
ible in each fore paw, the three in front being particularly dis- 
tinct. The three front claws of the hind paws may also be 
plainly traced, and are placed nearer to each other than 
those of the fore feet. There has obviously been no divis- 
ion in the sole of the foot, as is the case in the canine and 
feline species; but a gentle concavity of surface may be 
observed, especially in the fore paws, occasioned partly per- 
haps by the act of sinking in the wet sand. The depth 
of the strongest impressions is about half an inch; and it is 
observable that the fore feet have made somewhat deeper 
marks than those behind,—a fact which may either indicate 
a considerable length in the animal’s neck, or the more than 
ordinary weight of its head and shoulders; for, had it not 
been for one or other of these circumstances, the chief pres- 
sure would have been thrown on its hinder paws, as is the 
ease in some other specimens, because the surface up which 
as moving, was of considerable steepness. The distance 
from the claw of the hind foot, to the heel of nearest impres- 
sion of the fore foot on the same side, varies from an ine! 
to an inch and ahalf. This, however, merely marks the 
sition of the two feet when the hinder one was brought for- 
ward in moving; and if we would ascertain the animal’s 
step—or rather the distance between the hind and fore paw, 
when the former was thrown back and the latter advanced— 
we must measure from the hind foot forward, to the second 
impression of the fore foot on same side. Now, this 
ives a distance of between thirteen and fourteen inches, 
which is considerably more, however, than would have been 
the case if the animal had not been moving. If we com- 
pare this with the distance between the line of the right'‘and 
left feet (which is, as to the fore-paws, nearly 61 inches, and 
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This description may be considered as applying, in its 
general features, to a considerable number of the impres- 
