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A STRANGE EXTINCT BEAST 



ago heard of the existence of a bone-containing deposit 

 of Pleistocene age in lime-stone caverns and fissures 

 in the island of Majorca, and with the true enthusiasm of 

 an explorer determined to carry on some " digging " there 

 and see what might turn up. In the following spring she 

 was there, and obtained a number of bones, jaws, and 

 portions of skulls, which appeared at first sight to be those 

 of a small goat. Its size may be gathered from the fact that 



FIG. 21. Side-view of the skull and lower jaw of a goat. inc. i. The 

 three lower incisor teeth of the left side. can. i. The little canine 

 tooth grouped with them. p. The toothless front part of the upper 

 jaw. m. s. Upper molars or "grinders." m.i. Lower molars or 

 grinders. Compare this and the following figures with Fig. 15 

 showing the more complete " dentition " of the pig. 



its skull is six inches long. These and the bones of a few 

 small finches were all that rewarded her pains. The bones 

 of fossil goats (of living species) are found in caves at 

 Gibraltar and in Spain ; so at first the result seemed dis- 

 appointing. But on carefully clearing out the specimens 



