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EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMAIS. 



Historical Evidence — England. 



Ancient British Period. — Dio Nicaeus, speaking 

 of the inhabitants of the northern parts of this 

 island, tells ns they were a fierce and barbarous 



ClliNIUM 01' WOLi'. UPl'JiU SUHJACE. (| XAT. SIZli.) 



people, who tilled no ground, but lived upon the 

 depredations they committed in the southern dis- 

 tricts or upon the food they procured by hunting. 

 Strabo also says (lib. iv.) that the dogs bred in 

 Britain were highly esteemed uj^on the Continent on 

 account ot their excellent qualities for huntuig, and 

 these qualities, he seems to hint, were natural to 



