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left) is also proved to have been in existence and in availability for 

 man's use by a larger quantity of bones and some teeth. 



The horse, Equus caballus, of small size, or possibly Equus asinus 

 (for I have no means of ascertaining the age of these bones, nor of 

 saying whether they did or did not belong to those ' far-off times ' 

 when 'our land did breed no asses'), is represented by a single 

 Os caleis. 



There are no human bones, nor canine, nor feline in this series, 

 but the bones are so broken as to prove they were ' mauled ' by man 

 for his maw, and some look as if they might have been mumbled or 

 gnawed by the dog for his. With these came one of those darning- 

 needle-like awls, made out of the long bone, tibia, of a small 

 ruminant, possibly roe, Cervus capreolus, but also possibly sheep or 

 goat. I get them from many places in this neighbourhood, of 

 many stages in the development of the world's history. They would 

 make good packing-needles nowadays. I do not see why these 

 bones should not be, as far as any indications they themselves 

 furnish — and I have no other before me of any age — not nearer to 

 us than some 500 years or so. 



