ON RAINS CAVE, LONGCLIFFE, DERBYSHIRE. 



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— a key to unlock the past. And the past it unlocks is mysterious 

 and marvellous, Small wonder, then, that the discovery of a bone 

 cave should be hailed with delight by those who know the value of 

 such caves. So far, Rains Cave has shown no traces of the 

 Pleistocene period, but this is not strange, seeing that its upper soil 

 only has been turned over. When it comes to be properly excavated 

 there is little doubt that it will contribute its quota towards the history 

 of that far- back past. 



