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found in comparatively recent deposits. Two remark- 

 able discoveries took place in 1839 and 1840 in the 

 parish of Bower, in the county of Caithness. In both 

 cases " two heads were locked together by the horns, 

 as if the animals had killed one another." Few par- 

 ticulars were given, and these perhaps not very accurate 

 ones, but enough is stated to show that these bulls 

 must have been very inferior in size to the ordinary 

 fossil Urus, and that they were buried not much below 

 the surface of the ground. In one case the two united 

 heads were discovered in a moss little more than three 

 feet deep ; in the other near a loch, where recent deposits 

 may have been considerable, three feet only below the 

 surface; and it is remarkable that in the latter case 

 the circumference of the horn-cores of the one of the 

 two bulls which was measured was eleven inches only. 

 I hope that in future greater attention may be paid to 

 such important points ; and — if I am not too bold in 

 making the suggestion — possibly, researches ably con- 

 ducted at the known residences and hunting-seats of 

 the ancient Pictish and Scottish kings might lead to 

 interesting discoveries. 



