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the Post-glacial brickearth of Otterham, near Sittingbourne, lias furnished upper pre- 

 molar 3 and a large upper sectorial to Mr. Hughes, E.G.S. ; and a similar deposit near 

 Hartlip, in the same neighbourhood, a femur to Mr. Bland. 1 A very careful search 

 throughout South Kent and the whole of Sussex has not revealed a trace of the former 

 existence of the Lion in the heart of the dense Wealden Eorest, that from the nature of 

 the ground must have overshadowed those districts during the Post-glacial epoch. In 

 going westward we meet with the animal again in the low-level river-deposits of Fishertom 

 in a lower jaw, found by Dr. Blackmore, and now in the Salisbury Museum. The low- 

 level gravels also of Loxbrook, in the valley of the Avon, near Bath, have furnished a 

 remarkably fine humerus (PL XVIII, fig. 2) to the energy of the Rev. II. H. Winwood, 

 E.G.S. In the collection of the Right Hon. Earl of Enniskillen, at Florence Court, is a 

 canine from the cave on Durdham Down, near Bristol, explored by Mr. Stutchbury. 

 Remains of the leptorhine Rhinoceros of Owen and Hippopotamus major from the same 

 cave are preserved in the Bristol Museum. 



But the district that, of all others, has furnished the most enormous quantity of the 

 remains of the Cave Lion, and is entitled, therefore, to rank as its metropolis in Britain, 

 is the western half of the Mendip range of hills in Somerset. Throughout the area 

 extending from the ancient city of Wells westward to the new watering-place of Weston- 

 super-Mare the Mountain-limestone is traversed by numerous caves that have afforded 

 most valuable evidence as to the character of the ancient Post-glacial Fauna in the west 

 of England to the Rev. D. Williams, Mr. Beard, and ourselves. Among the animals the 

 Cave Lion stands out the most prominently. 



We found in WookeyholeHysena-den twelve teeth (Pl.XI,fig. 9; Pl.XII,figs. 9, 13, 15), 

 an ulna (PI. II, fig. 9), astragalus, and metacarpal (PI. XX, fig. 7). Dr. Boyd also 

 obtained a magnificent upper canine (PI, XI, fig. 6). 3 All the remains were more or less 

 gnawed, and bore indisputable traces of the animals to which they belonged having fallen 

 a prey to the Hysenas. 



The Feline remains from Bleadon, Sandford . Hill, and Hutton Caves, explored by 

 Messrs. Williams and Beard, are preserved in the Taunton Museum, where they con- 

 stitute, perhaps, the most magnificent series in the world. They are as follows, in various 

 conditions, some being perfect, others fragmentary. 



1 Both these are in the Museum of the Geological Society of London. 



2 In the Oxford and Taunton Museums, and in the collections of Mr. James Parker, Mr. Sanford, and 

 Mr. Willett. 



