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of Mr. John Gibson, of Stratford ; one of these tusks 

 i* 1 rjken, and is now in a collection belonging to a 

 public institution, 



WOLI\ Of the wolf I have seen 8 or 10 molar 

 teeth, and a few canine ones ; some of them were 

 brought to me after the cave had been cleared out, 

 and were said to have been fonnd in the loamy clay 

 on the slope of the hill, which had been thrown out 

 from the great area of the cave which has been re- 

 moved. 



Fox. The tusks of the fox are plentiful, and 

 likewise the molar and other teeth of that animal, 

 with fragments ofjaws. 



WEASEL. The remains of the weasel were scarce, 

 only two or three jaws, and a few teeth were dis- 

 covered. 



ELEPHANT. I have only heard of six or seven 

 teeth of this animal, and some of them were broken. 

 Mr. Buckland speaks of about 10, probably some of 

 his friends had some of which I had not heard ; those 

 teeth must have belonged to very young animals, as 

 the longest diameter was not more than three inches. 

 HIPPOPOTAMUS From what 1 have seen of 

 the remains of the Hippopotamus, but one of these 

 animals could have been devoured by the Hyaenas 

 in the cave at Kirkdale, as only a few molar teeth, 

 and a few fragments of its canine and incisor teeth, 

 were discovered. 



RHINOCEROS. The teeth of the Rhinoceros 

 are not so scarce ; many have been found of various 

 descriptions belonging to this species of animal ; 

 1 conceive three or four of them must have died in 



