PALAEONTOLOGY 



Vauxhall Bridge, in deposits of prehistoric age. Certain limb-bones in 

 the collection from Peckham are likewise assigned to the same breed, 

 and, if rightly determined, are probably newer than the remains of the 

 bison and aurochs. 



Antlers and a lower jaw from Kew preserved in the British Museum 

 testify to the former presence of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the 

 county, while the existence of the red deer (Cervus elaphus] at the same 

 epoch is indicated by a humerus (upper bone of the fore-leg) from Kew. 

 That such animals as the hippopotamus and the reindeer should have 

 coexisted in the same locality may seem very remarkable, but it is 

 nevertheless attested by other evidence. 



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