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EEPOET ON THE EXPECTATION OP BEIXHAM CAVE. 
8. Capreolus ca/preolus. 
Not more than ten or twelve specimens of remains distinctly belonging to the Roe- 
buck have been collected. They occurred in about equal numbers in the Reindeer and 
Flint-knife Galleries only; in the former at an average depth of about 10 inches, and 
in the latter of about 30. Its horizon, therefore, so far as can be judged from such scanty 
materials, would seem to be higher than that of the Red Deer. In the external 
appearance and general condition of the hones they would seem to be fully as ancient as 
those of any of the other animals ; and though some are lighter and more porous than 
the rest, none can be regarded as decidedly modern. Several of the hones are quite 
perfect, whilst others exhibit signs of having been gnawed ; and others again, if not most 
of the long hones, from their cracked and weathered aspect, would seem most probably 
to have lain exposed to the sun and weather before they were introduced into the cavern. 
Among the remains of the Roebuck, the most worthy of note are : — ■ 
1. The lower end of a right tibia, with the articulation perfect, and measuring '90 x 1'20, 
whose shaft appears to have been broken across about 4 inches above the end, the broken 
end showing signs of having been gnawed. This fragment, which is light-coloured and 
porous, though found at a depth of 42 inches in the third bed and 42 feet from the 
entrance of the Flint-knife Gallery, appears to correspond so exactly in size, colour, and 
general condition with a calcaneum met with, together with a proximal phalanx, in the 
Reindeer Gallery, 70 feet from the entrance, and only 2 inches deep in the third bed 
(where it was associated with numerous bones of Hare, Rabbit, and Fox, and the tooth 
also of a young Bear), that it is not unfair to surmise that they may have belonged 
to the same animal. 2. A beautifully perfect left metacarpal in similar condition. 
3. An equally perfect right metatarsal, 8" - 3 long, of rather darker colour, but still not very 
unlike the above. Both the last two bones occurred not far apart, and on or near the 
surface of the third bed in the Flint-knife Gallery. 4. Another right metatarsal, very 
fragile and deeply weather-cracked, was found, together with a portion of the pelvis, at a 
depth of 6 inches, and 76 feet from the entrance of the Reindeer Gallery. 
IV. Carnivora. 
9. Fells ( Leo ) spelasa. 
Though scanty in number, the remains of the Cave-Lion are amply sufficient to show 
the existence of that species amongst the animals whose remains were found in the 
Brixham Cave. These remains, all of which present the characters of extreme antiquity, 
were, with perhaps two exceptions only, found at a considerable depth. The least depth 
at which a specimen undoubtedly belonging to Felis speloea was met with was 48 inches 
in the third bed, and a distance of S3 feet from the entrance of the Reindeer Gallery; 
and it affords the only instance of the occurrence of the species in that compart- 
ment of the cavern. The specimen is a left outer incisor, very much worn ; and in 
that respect, as well as in size and condition, exactly corresponding with the same tooth 
still in situ in a fragment of the maxilla found at a depth of 5 feet in the third bed, and 
