HY.ENA 



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ened mortal-, in which remains of animals have been from 

 time to time detected, including stags 1 horns, and bones 

 of great size. In clearing away the limestone, a large part 

 of the principal fissure has been obliterated, and most of 

 the bones first discovered have been lost. Through the 

 zeal, however, of Dr. Lloyd and Mr. Duppa Lloyd, other 

 remains have recently been collected, which sufficiently 

 prove the character of the accumulation ; for not only 

 have bones of deer and ox been found, but also a perfect 

 tooth of a Hyana and the femur of a Rhinoceros, together 

 with several small bones which have not been deter- 

 mined."*'" 



The specimen of the Hyana spe- 

 l&a obtained by Mr. Brown of Stan- 

 way, from the till which forms part 

 of the beach at Walton Naze on the 

 Essex coast, is not only more cha- 

 racteristic of the extinct species, con- 

 sisting as it does of nearly the whole 

 of the left ramus of the lower jaw, but 

 the satisfaction of a personal examina- 

 tion of it has been afforded me, with 

 the permission of taking the subjoined 

 (fig. 58). The four molars remain 

 in the jaw, which also includes the 

 symphysis and the socket of the ca- 

 nine (I), showing that this tooth had 

 equalled that of the largest fossil 

 Hysenas from the cave depositaries. 



The crowns of the posterior molars Lower jaw, Hytena spelaa, 

 i i_ j j 11 IT. Walton, 4 nat. size. 



are much abraded, especially the 



last, p s ; and the exposed parts of the fangs shew them to 

 * Silurian System, p. 553. 



