THE CAVE OF THE MYLODONS 



unfortunately, been removed with sufficient 

 care to enable us to say which were l3dng more 

 deeply in the sand and which were at a higher 

 level and therefore more recently hving. The 

 cavern is in a very remote spot and seems to 



Fig. 130. — Photograph of three pellets of the dung of the 

 Mylodon from the cave of Ultima Speranza. 



offer some peculiar difficulties to explorers, for 

 neither Sir Thomas Holditch nor Mr. Hesketh 

 Pritchard, the latter of whom started for the 

 purpose, succeeded in reaching it. It is stated 

 that there are other caverns of a similar nature 



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