04 URS1D.E. 



in the same cavern ; Cuvier makes a like observation 

 with respect to the Ursus priscus of the Gailenreuth 

 cavern. 



Joseph Whidbey, Esq., civil engineer, has recorded in the 

 " Philosophical Transactions " his discovery in the lime- 

 stone quarries at Oreston, near Plymouth, of a cavern 

 containing fossil remains, described by Sir Everard Home 

 as teeth and bones belonging to the Rhinoceros, Deer, and 

 a species of Bear. This discovery is likewise noticed by 

 Dr. Buckland in the " Reliquiae Diluvianse," p. 67. Mr. 

 Whidbey says, " These bones were lately found in a cavern 

 one foot high, eighteen feet wide, and twenty feet long, 

 lying on a thin bed of dry clay at the bottom ; the cavern 

 was entirely surrounded by compact limestone rock, about 

 eight feet above high-water mark, fifty-five feet below the 

 surface of the rock, one hundred and seventy-four yards 

 from the original face of the quarries, and about one hun- 

 dred and twenty yards, in that direction, from the spot 

 where the former bones" (those of a Rhinoceros) "were 

 found in 1816." * 



The remains of the Bear consist of 



1. Left internal incisor. 



2. Left upper canine, much worn by use. 



3. Left lower canine. 



4. Right lower canine. 



5. Penultimate molar of the right side of the upper jaw. 



6. Penultimate molar of the left side of the lower jaw. 

 The first three specimens correspond in size and form 



with the teeth of the great Ursus spel&us. The canine 

 No. 4, though completely formed and showing marks of 

 service, is smaller, and agrees in size with that of the Ursus 

 priscus. This might possibly be a sexual difference. But 

 Philos. Trans. 1821, p. 133. 



