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from the north-west, and crossuig the plain on their 

 way to the forests, where they spend the winter. 

 Both bodies of deer extended fui-ther than the eye 

 could reach, and formed a compact mass narrowing 

 towards the front. They moved slowly and majesti- 

 cally along, their broad antlers resembling a moving 

 wood of leafless trees. Each body was led by a deer 

 of unusual size, which my guides assured me was 

 always a female. One of the herds was stealthily 

 followed by a Wolf, who was apparently watching for 

 an opportunity of seizing any one of the younger and 

 weaker deer which might fall behind the rest ; but 

 on seeing us he made off" in another direction. The 

 other column was followed at some distance by a 

 large black Bear, who, however, appeared only intent 

 on digging out a mouse's nest every now and then — 

 so much so that he took no notice of us. " 



On the warrantable assumption that migrations of 

 a similar character formerly took place in this 

 country, the large assemblage of animal remains at 

 the Eeindeer-ford at Windsor is easily accounted for. 

 In the gravels on which Oxford stands, says Professor 

 Boyd Dawkins, the Reindeer is found in greatest 

 abundance ; at Bedford it is associated with flint 

 implements, the Red-deer, and Hippopotamus ; at 

 Lawford, near Rugby, with the Cave Hysena ; at 

 Fisherton, near Salisbury, with the Cave Lion, Urus, 

 Roedeer, Marmot, and Lemming ; in Kent also it is 

 abundant in the brick earth of Sittingbourne and 

 Maidstone ; in Somerset in the gravels of the Avon 

 near Bath. Altogether, it has been determined in 



