1825.] Specimens of the Soilofthe Cavern ofKuhloch. 285 

 c i^^^a oliiirrVi^ there are hundreds of cart-loads 



found to exceed 5000 cubic teet ^ , 1^ ^„d bones, 



their remams to make ^ '' \„"'rt",;j;ed fio™ comminuted 

 death. It -r^'^S'itrtC fleshy par. of animal bod.es pro- 

 and pulveiiied bone, toi tlie nesiij p ■ j permanent 



::S;e; £ it t ^^iionaUy ule^l^ the ^nts a. a. enrjd. 

 ing manure for f ^^^^j--^^^^^ cUff, 



cavern presens f f^>^^%f ,^^^^ " r^ ofVe Esbach, opposite 

 which forms the lett tlant oi uie gu ^ ^^ 



the castle of Rabenstein. The depth of e ^^^^^y J^^ ^^^ 

 less than 30 feet, whilst above ,, f^^J^^^ r^\^j;,'Pow^;alley 

 sometimes precipitously to loO or ^00^^^*', „^ ".'-"u 'Jhe waters 

 or o-oroe is simply a valley of denudation, by which t'^ vvater ^ 

 of t°he Esbach tLl into those of d.e We.ssen Hie^bieadUi^o^ 

 the entrance arch is about dU teet, ^^^ jiei^ breadth and 



advance inwards, the --.u.creases in heigh^^ nd b.^ 

 near its inner extremity divides into a»gc ana lo y 

 both of which terminate in a close round end, oi cuiae , 



circumstances are important, ^^^.^"^y r^'^.^^^Vof thfscavern 

 peculiarly undisturbed state in which the interior ot tnis c 



. I have stated that the r'V^T'^tr^TS^o:^^:::^:^^^!^ 

 eannot be computed at less than 5000 ">b- ^^ ^^/j^ "Z sin|le vault the remains of 

 and bones for each md.vdtu.1 »""?^f;' J'^ ,,t^^V ^n ^^upplied in"the space of 1000 years 

 at least ','500 bears, a number which may hav e oee" ^I P 

 by Hiortality at the rate of two and a half per annum. 



