°994 = Rev. Mr. Buckland’s Account of Fossil Teeth, &c. [Sevr. 
ceding the deluge. 3. A further requisite is, the intersection of 
one of these caves in which’ there happen to be bones, by a third 
‘accident, viz. the working of a stone quarry by workmen who 
shave sufficient curiosity or intelligence to notice and speak of 
what they find, and this to persons who may be willing or able 
to appreciate, and give publicity to the discovery. The neces- 
sary concurrence of all these contingencies renders it probable, 
that however great may be the number of subterraneous caverns, 
"man inland country, very few of them will ever be discovered, 
or, if discovered, be duly appreciated. Those I have mentioned 
in Devon, Somerset, Derby, and Glamorganshire, were all laid 
open by the accidental operations ofa quarry or mine. 
May 24, 1822.—I have this day received the entire lower jaw 
of an hyena from Lawford, near Rugby, in Warwickshire. It 
was found by Andrew Bloxam, Esq. in the same diluvial clay 
and gravel with the bones of elephant and rhinoceros. This is 
the first instance of the remains of hyena being noticed in the 
diluvium of England. The animal must have perished by the 
same catastrophe which extirpated the hyenas, and closed the 
den at Kirkdale, and which swept together the remains of ele- 
phant, rhinoceros, and hyzena, in the diluvian gravel of the Con- 
tient. The support which’ this recent discovery gives to my 
arguments on the cave in Yorkshire, is too obvious to require 
pointing out. 
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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PLaTE XIV. 
Fig. 1. View of the mouth of the cave at Kirkdale in the face 
of a quarry, near the brow of a low hull. 
Fig. 2. Section of the cave before the mud had been dis- 
turbed.. 
A.. Stratum of mud covering the floor of the cave to the depth 
of one foot, and concealing the bones. 
B. Stalagmite incrusting some of the bones, and formed 
before the mud was introduced. 
C. C. Stalagmite formed since the introduction of the mud, 
and spreading horizontally over its surface. 
D. Insulated stalagmite on the surface of the mud. 
E. E. Stalactites hanging from the roof above the stalagmites. 
Fig... Ground plan of the cave, by W. Salmond, Esq. show- 
ing its. extent, ramifications, and the fissures by which it is 
intersected. 
ny Pratt XV. 
.» Fig. 1. Outside view of the right lower jaw of the modern 
‘Cape hyena. [ 
Fig. 2. Analogous portion of lower jaw of the Kirkdale hyena, 
“being nearly one-third larger. ' 
Fig. 3. Inside view of No. 2. 
