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I, and after a little over three weeks' work sufficient of the rubble had 

 been removed to reveal the form of the interior of the cave, and to lay 

 bare a portion of the floor about 11 feet square to the left of the 

 entrance. The dimensions of the cave as seen at this stage were as 

 follows : The entrance was 25 feet in height and about 20 feet in 

 width. Just within, the roof sloped upward into a rough dome 30 to 

 32 feet from the floor ; how far the cave entered the rock could not be 

 ascertained, but judging from the slope of the roof towards the back, 

 it was probably some 40 to 50 feet. 



As soon as a portion of the floor had been reached, a careful search 

 and examination were commenced, with the following results : 



The floor was not well defined. It consisted of compacted layers of 

 black soil, which proved to be a combination of ashes, carbonized 

 wood and clay, mixed with whitish bone detritus. Flint implements 

 and chippings were interspersed plentifully throughout these de- 

 posits. On the left of the entrance and at a distance from it of about 

 8 feet, was a hearth containing a large quantity — probably a quarter 

 of a toil or so — of wood ashes and carbonized wood. Close together, 

 among the ashes of the hearth, were a few pebbles of granite and fel- 

 site bearing indications of having been heated. 



The presence of bones was manifest all through the layers con- 

 stituting the floor, but due to advanced decomposition of the material, 

 the cave not being a dry one, only here and there could fragments 

 retaining any form be obtained. Nevertheless in one corner, at a 

 slightly higher elevation than the hearth, there was found a mass of 

 bone from which some determinable portions could be secured ; and 

 a careful examination of this mass, after its transference to the 

 Jersey Museum and treatment with gelatine, led to the most important 

 result of the excavations to this time, namely, the discovery of nine 

 human teeth. Four of these were from the upper, five from the lower 

 jaw. They represent, as was later determined, teeth of both sides 

 and of one individual, but unfortunately no trace of the once sup- 

 porting bone was any more apparent. All the bones and teeth re- 

 covered from the cave were taken to the British Museum for deter- 

 mination, and Drs. Smith Woodward and Andrews identified the 

 specimens as follows : 



Animal teeth : Part of left lower premolar of the woolly rhinoceros, Rhinoce- 

 ros tichorhinus; last premolar and first molar of reindeer, Rangijer taran- 

 dus (a large species apparently as large as the caribou ) ; upper cheek teeth 

 of a small species of horse ; parts of lower molars and upper cheek tooth 

 of a large species of horse; lower teeth in portion of jaw of one of the small 

 Bovidae ; and left incisor of Bos, Spec? 



Nine human teeth, with subsequent recovery of four others. 



