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jay a coat of soft mud, or loam, “ covering entirely its 
whole bottom, to the average depth of about a foot, and 
concealing the subjacent rock, or actual floor of the ca- 
n.”? This mud is an argillaceous and slightly mica- 
ceous loam, composed of such particles as would easily be 
suspended in water, and is mixed with much citar 
matter. Above this mud, was a second crust, or plate of 
pos shooting over its surface, like ice upon water, 
rcream ona pan of milk. It did not extend, however, 
over the whole surface of the mud. In this mud, whic 
contained no pebbles, and in the stalagmite beneath it, 
ere found a large quantity of the bones of various ani- 
mals, mixed confusedly together, and, almost without ex- 
of their original gelatine being preserved. ose, how- 
ever, that lay at the bottom, and had probably been in the 
cave a long time previous to the introduction of the mud, 
were in various stages of decomposition. Not a fragment 
of the bones had the appearance of being worn by the ac- 
tion of water. 
The genera of animals, identified in the Kirkdale cave, 
are twenty three : viz. the Hyaena, Ti 
Fox, Weasel, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hip 
Ox, Deer, (3 species) Hare, Rabbit, 
Raven, Pigeon, Lark, — and Partridge. Most ofthese 
belong to extinct spec 
Professor Buckland’s ation tbe was drawn to this sub- 
ject by observing, that some of the "dese bones, pre- 
sented to him from this cave, were worn down in a very 
peculiar manner, very differently bes the effect which 
would have been produced by water. He immediately 
conjectured that these bones came from a den of those ani 
mals, and that the wear and polish they exhibited, had 
been produced by the repeated tread of living hyaenas 
over them; and if so, that this animal, confined at present 
to warm chanalen: must once have bees an inhabitant of 
Yorkshire. Invited by such interesting motives he has-, 
. tened to Kirkdale to examine the cave and not only did he 
find, in the local circumstances, abundant confirmation of 
this. Opinion, but also many striking evidences of the Noa- 
chian deluge. If we fail in giving an abstract of the facts 
