88 Mr. Clift on some fossil bones 
Since the above was written, Mr. Whidbey has trans- 
mitted some additional specimens of the jaws and teeth of the 
hyaena, the wolf, and the fox, which have been subsequently 
discovered in the cavern marked E, and from which cavity 
all the bones of the wolf have been derived. Among these 
is half of the lower jaw of a hyaena of very superior mag- 
nitude to any of those previously discovered, (Fig. 9), and 
probably has belonged to the large skull before-mentioned. 
The jaws of the wolf are of similar dimensions with those 
before described ; but one of them belonged to a very aged 
individual. 
Of the fox, there have been found only a few vertebrae, and 
two canine teeth from the lower jaw, which correspond per- 
fectly in size and form with those of a recent animal ; but are 
equally fragile and absorbent with those of the other animals. 
In a subsequent Letter of Mr. Whidbey to Mr. Barrow, 
relating to these last mentioned specimens, dated Plymouth, 
November 9, 1822, he communicates the following additional 
information : 
“ These, I think, will be the last bones I shall send you 
“ from these caves, as they are now nearly worked out. The 
“ cave B terminated near where it was first seen: the head 
“ of it was closed over with a body of lime-stone. 
“ The joints of the rock were not so close but that water 
“ might drop down into the cave ; and about these joints 
“ some stalactites were found in small pieces. I have not 
“ seen any thing to encourage the idea that the cavern had a 
“ communication with the surface since the flood ; the pre- 
“ sent state of the quarries shows nothing like it.” 
