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treasured the signs of his conquests, as the Central African
and North American continue to do to this day, and have done
from the earliest ages ?
Goat (Capra hircus).—[A skull in a fair state of preservation,
with tolerably long horn-cores, is an undoubted representative of
this creature, and a piece of a pelvis most probably is referable
to the same form.—E.T.N.]
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa-ferox).—Found at the 9 feet level.
[The Wild Boar is evidently represented by the anterior portion
of a very large lower jaw, with extremely powerful tusks. One
of the tusks measures 26.5 mm. across the inner and curved
enamelled surface at the base, and 200 mm. long round the outer
curve, a half of which protrudes from the jaw. Another piece of
a lower jaw of a much smaller and younger animal, as well as a
tibia and a foot-bone, are all the remains of this species that
have come to hand. Some of these remains may have belonged
to domestic animals.—E.T.N.]
The Horse.—The horse does not occur in the relic-
bed ; it is only in the middle or upper stages of the alluvial
deposit that these bones are met with. We have the limb
bones, upper and lower jaws of several individuals, and teeth
were plentiful. Some of the bones seem to have belonged to a
smaller animal. (Query—pony or ass ?) There is a variety in
the size of the limb bones and teeth.
Dog.—Portions of two skulls, perhaps of three. One skull
is 61/2 inches from the occiput to the muzzle, and the animal
would have been about the size of a modern collie. The bone
was at first jet black ; it was found on the bottom of the relic-bed.
There are also the femur and tibia of a large dog or wolf.
Human Workmanship; Remains of Burnt Bones, and Charcoal.
The traces of human workmanship are apparent upon a
large proportion of wood, bone, and other fragments found
in the excavations. In connection with fire employed by
the dwellers, it is important to observe the large quantity
of ashes and charcoal, with calcined pebbles and "pot-
boilers," at the bottom of the lake and upon the plat-
form upon which the huts were built. Much blackened
debris was thrown out by the inhabitants of the huts, and
sank into the marsh. Signs of workmanship abound in the
squaring, splitting, and pointing of logs, chopping of stems, and