NATURAL HISTORY. 
with each other, and so identical as to their cone 
tents, that there appears to be ne difference as to 
the time of their being so filled, 
These cavernous fissures have all a communica- 
tion with the surface, and, as previously stated, are 
of general occurrence in Lime rocks, whilst the dis- 
persion of bones in them is only partial ; those that 
have occurred within our district, are we believe 
chiefly referable to the following animals, Hyena— 
Tiger— Bear— W olf—Fox—R hinoceros—Horse— 
Ox, Deer, and some smaller animals of the natural 
order, Rhodentia. 
Buckland considers these bones to be of antedi- 
luvian origin,* and in the Reliquie Diluviane, from 
page 76 to 80, discusses the time and circumstances 
of their introduction into the caverns, considering 
the most probable hypothesis to be, that the animals 
had fallen during that period into the open fissures, 
and. there perishing, remained undisturbed on the 
spot on which they died till drifted forward by the 
action of the Diluvial waters to their present situa= 
tions—for further particulars we must refer to the 
above work. The reader will also find in Cuvier’s 
Fossil Osteology, and the preliminary Essay on the 
Theory of the Earth, ample details on this interest- 
ing subject.+ 
* Though betonging to presently existing Genera, they 
are all referable to extinct species. 
+ Cuvier considers they are the remains of animals 
which inhabited these caves and died peaceably there.’ 
