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imperfect fragments. These bones occurred mostly at considerable depths, and they 

 are in the same state of fossilization as the bones of Ehinoceros ; whilst others, which 

 were found in the upper part of the cavern, exhibit comparatively modern characters, 

 and were probably contemporaneous with man. But no distinction otherwise can be 

 perceived between the more ancient and the comparatively recent bones. The species, 

 therefore, would seem to have enjoyed a continued existence on the Rock from the 

 earliest times to the present epoch. 



It would be tedious and superfluous to particularize all the specimens belonging to 

 this Cervus, which is probably the larger one mentioned by Cuvier ; but amongst them 

 may be noticed the following : — , 



1. Cranium. 



Of this part of the skeleton there are two fragments which afford good characters. 



The larger of these specimens exhibits the greater part of the skull from the occiput 

 to the anterior border of the frontal, including a portion of the right orbit. From the 

 absence of any indications of an antler it may be regarded as belonging to a female ; 

 and it corresponds very clearly in form with the skull of a female Cervus elaplms with 

 which it was compared, and with that of a Barbary Deer. The following dimensions 

 are given in proof of this : — 



2. Vertehrw. 



Although numerous vertebrae may be perceived disseminated through the breccia, 

 from which it is almost impossible to extract them, very few have been procured in 

 such a condition as to admit of accurate determination. 



One, an axis, is represented in Plate XV. fig. 2. Its length is about 4", and width 

 2", at the anterior or atlanteal articulation. It presents, as will be obvious, all the 

 characters of the same bone in C. elaplms of rather small size, and probably of the 

 variety C. barbarus. 



3. Sacrum. 



The upper portion of a sacrum measures 4"- 8 in transverse diameter at the base; and 

 the articular surface of the centrum measures 2"-0 X 0"-9. This specimen occurred at a 

 depth of thirty feet below the stalagmite floor of the cave ; and it is heavy, dense, and 



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