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disturbed in three places. From the entrance there was a sudden 
dip of the richest bed of cave earth we worked. In the centre, 
about 18 inches from the surface, it was one mass of the remains 
of rhinoceros, reindeer, horse, mammoth, and a few of the bear, 
wolf, and bison. All the bones were very much gnawed. Out of 
over a cart-load (the result of one day’s work) there were only 
four whole ones—i.e., two phalanges, one tarsus, and one meta- 
carpal. The rhinoceros bones were in large numbers, and were 
gnawed down to the well-known pattern. There were also a large 
number of the teeth and fragments of the antlers of the reindeer. 
Though more remains of the mammoth were found here than 
anywhere else, we did not find an adult. Plates and fragments 
of the milk molars were found in profusion, and also several whole 
milk teeth, and part of a tusk, too fragile to secure whole. The 
jaws and teeth of the hyzena were found in the greatest profusion. 
Working from the middle of this chamber, the cave earth became 
cemented into a tough, stubborn breccia, which gradually ran out 
to the front, but at the back into a deep, narrow fissure. After 
working through about five feet of breccia, which was quite as 
prolific as the other part of the cave, we penetrated the fissure at 
the back for about six feet, coming upon a bed of red sand, 
amongst which very few remains were found. In all, I could 
determine the remains of 116 different animals, the result of this 
day’s work ; of this number, no less than 72 were hyzna. It is 
evident from the immense number and gnawed condition of the 
bones, and the large quantity of jaws and teeth of the hyzena, 
minus any bones of this animal, that this chamber was once the 
lair of the hyzena, advantage being taken of the privacy afforded 
to place the prey where it could be devoured at leisure. We did 
not find the least trace of implements or any remains of man, so 
that we may reasonably conclude that the occupants of this 
_ chamber were too persistent and demonstrative to permit their 
privacy to be even temporarily invaded by the Palzolithic hunter, 
as their roving contemporaries across the river had evidently done. 
Next day I finished this chamber, with the exception of a thick 
breccia adhering to the wall at the latter part of the cave. 
