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| | From Holt Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Although his sons, Thomas and Edward, are the two individuals most connected to the Dorset Ooser from today’s perspective, it is highly likely that all of the Cave families of Melbury, if not all of the families in the entire village, would have witnessed the Ooser first-hand. |
 | | In 1962, Mrs N.H.Marshall, daughter of Doctor Edward Cave, wrote in a letter to Roger Peers, the then Curator of Dorset Museum, in which she explained that her father had told her as a child that the Ooser mask had been sold by the coachman, thinking it of no value. |
 | | Cave was appointed Head of the Veterinary Department of the College in January, 1902, and Vice-Principal in 1920. |
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