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THE TERTIARY AGE, -VXD 
time, to tear in pieces the body of any dead ani- 
mal, and carry it to their den to feed upon it 
apart. 
While Kirkdale Cave was evidently the haunt 
of Hyenas chiefly, other caverns in Germany and 
France were tenanted in a similar manner by a 
gigantic species of Bear. Their remains, mingled 
with those of the animals on which they fed, have 
been found in great numbers in the Cavern of 
Gailenreuth, in Franconia. The subjoined wood- 
cut shows the head of this formidable beast, which 
must have exceeded in size any Bear now living. 
Indeed, although there were many smaller kinds, 
and the other types of the Animal Kingdom in 
the Tertiaries seem to approach very nearly both 
in size and general character their modern repre- 
