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In the Oxford Museum there are also six other casts of Machairodus 

 canines ; but it is not known if they are English or Italian. 



3. The other specimen purchased at McEnery's sale, by Dr. L. 

 Phillips, was presented by him to the British Museum, where it now is 

 (No. 14,954). It is an intact germ specimen, broken across at the fang 

 portion, which is hollow. The tooth is very broad, flat, and pointed 

 like a shark's tooth. It is excessively crenulated at both edges. The 

 mineral condition is very white, as in Kent Hole specimens. 



4. There is a specimen in the Museum of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons (No. 103, Pal. Cat.), presented by Lord Enniskillen, and also 

 reputed to be from Kent's Hole, Torquay. [In a letter from Dr. 

 Lovell Phillips to Dr. Falconer, it is stated that the third Machairodus 

 tooth at McEnery's sale was purchased by Dr. Battersby for ' some 

 nobleman.' — Ed.] 



5. The last specimen is also reputed to be of British origin, although 

 this is doubtful. It is in the British Museum, No. 15,433, and is 

 designated Ursus cultridens by Koenig. The blade is narrow, and 

 there is no crenulation of the edges. It was purchased at McEnery's 

 sale, but its mineral condition is certainly not that of Kent's Hole ; it 

 is dark and discoloured, as if from the Val d'Arno. 



