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animals. These flints must have been brought there by human agency, for there 

 is none to be found within many miles of the district. From all the remains, and 

 from the food the animals required, the prevalence of an arctic climate in these 

 regions was essential ; and Mr. Piper went on to observe that, though the present 

 position of this cavern was some 300 feet above the level of the river Wye, the 

 deposit of a silt, with Wye pebbles, in the floor of this cave, just like the pebbles 

 and silt on the shore of the river at the isresent time, proves that in those ages 

 long past the Wye in flood time flowed into this cavern. The greater part of our 

 present land was covered with water, and if it is remembered too, that the extinct 

 animals, whose bones have been sealed up in the cave, lived in the latter cold 

 period of the glacial epoch, it was almost impossible to realize the difference as 

 compared with the happier circumstances of the present day (applause). 



On the outside of the cave in the wood is a large mound of dibris which these 

 explorations have caused to be taken out of the floor of the cave. It is now all 

 green and moss-covered, but, said Mr. Brown, it is full of bone remains, and the 

 truth of his words was soon proved by the discovery of a tooth unknown to the 

 doctors present. 



The way was taken through a pleasant path in the woods to visit the "Seven 

 Sisters " — as these bold rocks abutting on the Wye valley are called — and as the 

 visitors emerged from the sylvan recesses on the brow of one of these rocks, now 

 and again, the peculiar beauty of the Wye scenery was very striking. 



" Know ye not that lovely river ? 

 Know ye not that smiling river ? 

 Whose gentle flood. 

 By cliff and wood. 

 With wildering sound goes winding ever." 



Gerald Griffin. 



A little further on, in the midst of the woods, on the slope of the Great 

 Doward Hill, about a quarter of a mile from the river, is an oval space enclosed 

 by a single entrenchment (an 8 feet ditch with an 8 feet embankment). The area 

 inclosed is 65 yards by 40 yards, or about one-third of an acre. It is supposed to 

 be an ancient British cattle keep — or very possibly a British residence. A tim- 

 ber track now passes through it, and there seems no other definite entrance. 



The road was now taken to rejoin the carriages at Whitchurch, and by a 

 pleasant change the ride back was made by the Kerne Bridge and Walford to 

 Ross. 



The dinner took place at the Royal Hotel, and your reporter is mistaken if the 

 kind thoughtfulness at the Graig had not sent many of the lovely flowers that 

 decorated the table, to be admired once more. 



After dinner, an excellent paper on " Some changes noticed in the Natural 

 History in the neighbourhood of Ross during the last Thirty Years," by Mr. 

 Henry Southall, F.R. Met. Soc, was read; and another paper on "The search 

 for Coal in Herefordshire," was commenced by Mr. Geo. H. Piper, F.G.S., but 

 he had scarcely entered upon his subject when time rendered it necessary to start 

 for the station, and a safe return was accomplished. 



