PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS OF DERBYSHIRE. 171 
there was a sudden dip in the floor, and rise in the surface soil 
along both sections A and B in Fig. 3; also asthick layer of 
stalagmite, which encrusted the whole of the west side for about 
30 feet, and was from 12 to 30 inches in thickness. Under this 
was a thick bed of breccia. About four feet from this point was 
a thin layer of stalagmite, averaging from one to three inches in 
thickness ; this overlay a thin bed of cave earth which gradually 
increased. About three feet further it was covered with another 
thin layer of stalagmite, much more irregular in thickness than 
the one above. This covered a thin layer of red clayey sand. 
A beautiful escarpment was thus laid bare in the following layers, 
25 feet from the entrance, about letter A in Fig. 3. 
Fig. 4. 
i ahs 1. Surface soil. 
2. Stalagmite. 
2... -Brecéla: 
4. Stalagmite. 
5- Cave earth. 
6. Stalagmite. 
7. Red sand. 
In the surface soil were fragments of Roman pottery and 
Samian ware, some beautiful enamelled fibula brooches, a small 
gnawing tool, a rudely-carved bone ornament, and a long amber 
bead; in this layer were also found remains of the following 
animals :— 
Wild Cat (Fe/ts catus). Bos longifrons® 
Marten (JZustela martes). Sheep or goat. 
Meles taxus. Horse (Zguus caballus). 
Dog ( Canis familiares). Hog (Sus scrofa). 
Fox (C /upus). Hare (Lepus timidus). 
Red-deer (Cerus elaphus) Rabbit (L cuntculus). 
The stalagmite of the top layer (which in one place reached the 
stalactite, and joined the whole to the roof—A Fig. 3) had per- 
colated through the crevasses in the breccia, and cemented it 
into a solid mass. It was very prolific in flint flakes and chips, 
with several cores; also some interesting flint and quartzite 
