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jaw ; the penultimate grinder, left side, lower jaw ; a por- 

 tion of the sacrum ; portions of two tibise ; a portion of the 

 ulna ; a portion of the femur. 



Those specimens, which from their smaller size and 

 modifications of form, are referable to the Ursus priscus, 

 have been already described ; the remainder agree in size 

 with the large Ursus speleeus, and I have been gratified in 

 confirming, by a close examination of these specimens, the 

 accuracy of the opinion which Cuvier, on analogical grounds, 

 entertained of their nature.* 



Perhaps the richest cave-depositary of the fossil bones of 

 Bears hitherto found in England is that called Kent^s Hole, 

 near Torquay. The natural history, with a special account 

 of the organic riches of this cave, will be given in the se- 

 cond volume of the " Reliquiae Diluvianse," which Dr. 

 Buckland is now preparing for the press. It is to the 

 assiduous researches of the late Rev. Mr. Mac Enery, that 

 the discovery of the various and interesting fossils of this 

 cave is principally due, and some of the rarest and most 

 valuable of this gentleman's collection have been lately 

 acquired by the British Museum. Among the Ursine 

 fossils meriting especial notice, are portions of the skull and 

 teeth of the Ursus speleeus, some of the latter equalling in 

 size the largest specimens from the German caverns. 



The anterior portion of a lower jaw, including the an- 

 chylosed symphysis, with two enormous canines, is like- 

 wise remarkable from the circumstance of its retaining a 



* " Sir Everard Home assure qu'il y avoit des os d'ours dans cette caverne 

 d'Oreston pres Plymouth, d'ou Ton en a tant retire d'elephans et de rhinoceros. 

 II y a trouve une penultieme molaire suprieure, une inferieure qu'il declare de 

 Tours brun ou noir, et plusieurs autres os qu'il croit en venir probablement aussi ; 

 expressions d'apres lesquelles il semble qu'il ne les juge pas de nos especes des 

 cavernes. Us me paroissent toutefois devoir venir de ces especes-ci, d'autant que 

 M. Buckland m'apprend y avoir decouvert recemment des os d'hyenes et de 

 loups." Ossem. Fossiles,4to., 1823, t. iv. p. 348. 



