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but none of any importance. They consisted of 

 the remains of animals at present existing, to- 

 gether with those of Red Deer and Roe. It was 

 evident, then, that this deposit was a modern 

 one. We next set ourselves to clear away 

 completely the band of clay, and to examine 

 more closely the red loam beneath. This seemed 

 to consist almost wholly of ground bone, and 

 a strong lens afterwards proved that this was 

 so. Larger bones were plentifully embedded, 

 these sometimes occurring in layers. The 

 tusk of a Wild Boar was turned up, then the 

 humerus of some huge Bos. Horn cores were 

 frequent, bits of antler of the Red deer (indica- 

 ting animals of great size), and short " snags " 

 and " prongs " of the Roe. The remains of 

 the Badger and Wild Cat were common, also 

 those of several animals of the weasel-kind ; 

 and about three feet below the loam occurred 

 the best find of all. This we could not identify 

 at the time, but it afterwards turned out to be 

 the skull of a Bear. 



As we gained in depth, tusks and the hardened 

 bone cases of wild boars became more frequent, 

 as also the remains of Wolves, a Beaver, and the 

 immense bones of Wild White Cattle. Subse- 



