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thrown, which acting in concert they sometimes drag 

 to a prodigious distance. Sparmun and Pennant 

 mention, that a single hyaena has been known to 

 carry off a living man or woman, in the vicinity of 

 the Cape. The strength of the hyaena's jaw is such, 

 that in attacking a dog he begins by biting off his 

 leg at a single snap.* Such are the accounts which 

 natural historians have given, of this ferocious and 

 dreadful animal, once the native inhabitant of Bri- 

 tain, but now happily extirpated from our dales and 

 our country. 



Having described the Cave at Kirkdale, and giv- 

 en an account of the animal remains found in it, I 

 proceed to the last part of my engagement, to make 

 lome remarks on its probable date. 



KEMARKS ON THE PROBABLE DATE OF 

 THE CAVE AT KIRIIDALE. 



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THAT this Cave was the habitation of Hyaenas, is, 

 J conceive^ from the facts and rppearances connect- 

 ed with it, almost beyond a doubt. But the hypo- 

 thesis of its having been a den of Jyaenas before 

 that recent inundation recorded by Moses, which 

 produced such a change in our planet, appears to be 

 exposed to a variety of objections. My thoughts on 

 this subject are the same in substance, as 1 enter- 



* Hyaenas were formerly produced at Rome in the 

 public games, and they are represented cm medals. 



