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  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Horizontal 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  cave, 
  showing 
  

   the 
  wall 
  across 
  the 
  entrance. 
  The 
  asterisks 
  show 
  the 
  

   positions 
  of 
  the 
  skeletons 
  in 
  the 
  iipper 
  stratiim, 
  and 
  

   the 
  dotted 
  line 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  overhanging 
  the 
  

   entrance. 
  

  

  This 
  year, 
  however, 
  we 
  ventured 
  to 
  remove 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  shingle, 
  and 
  to 
  

   our 
  surprise 
  found 
  a 
  further 
  deposit 
  underneath 
  it 
  containing 
  prehistoric 
  re- 
  

   mains. 
  We 
  then 
  proceeded 
  to 
  clean 
  out 
  the 
  cave 
  to 
  the 
  bed-rock 
  underneath 
  , 
  

   excavating 
  the 
  entrance 
  sulBciently 
  to 
  admit 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  day 
  upon 
  our 
  work. 
  

   This 
  afforded 
  the 
  additional 
  information 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  cave 
  

   had 
  been 
  daubed 
  ob 
  painted 
  over 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  pigment 
  or 
  chalky 
  ore 
  of 
  iron. 
  

  

  . 
  The 
  upper 
  stratum, 
  removed 
  

   the 
  previous 
  year, 
  was 
  from 
  18 
  

   to 
  25 
  inches 
  in 
  depth, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  brown 
  mould, 
  

   evidently 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  

   decay 
  of 
  animal 
  and 
  vegetable 
  

   substances 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  de- 
  

   posited 
  there. 
  The 
  remains 
  

   found 
  were 
  scattered, 
  or 
  in 
  

   groups 
  on 
  the 
  surface, 
  or 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  by 
  the 
  mould. 
  -All 
  the 
  

   crania 
  not 
  decayed 
  had 
  been 
  

   removed 
  before 
  we 
  examined 
  

   the 
  cave 
  in 
  1872. 
  . 
  Below 
  this 
  

   was 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  shingle 
  in 
  

   beach-worn 
  pebbles, 
  weighing 
  

   from 
  a 
  few 
  ounces 
  to 
  several 
  pounds, 
  which 
  bad 
  every 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   having 
  been 
  deposited 
  by 
  water. 
  The 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  cave 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  two 
  

   above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  beach 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  off, 
  which 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   clusively 
  composed 
  of 
  similar 
  shingle. 
  

  

  Below 
  this 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  six 
  inches 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  thickness, 
  of 
  refuse 
  ma- 
  

   terial, 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  repasts 
  on 
  marine 
  animals, 
  shell-fish, 
  fish 
  and 
  echini. 
  

   Scattered 
  irregularly 
  through 
  this 
  were 
  broken 
  and 
  worn 
  implements 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  

   different 
  character 
  from 
  those 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  dead. 
  The 
  cave 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  an 
  

   isthmus, 
  across 
  which 
  from 
  time 
  immemorial 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  portage 
  over 
  which 
  

   canoes 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  journey 
  from 
  one 
  village 
  to 
  another 
  ; 
  this 
  cut-off 
  

   saving 
  a 
  pull 
  of 
  several 
  miles. 
  From 
  its 
  dampness' 
  the 
  cave 
  could 
  hardly 
  have 
  

   been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  dwelling 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  inference 
  is 
  that 
  this 
  deposit 
  was 
  the 
  re- 
  

   fuse 
  of 
  parties 
  who, 
  unable 
  to 
  launch 
  their 
  canoes 
  into 
  the 
  heavy 
  surf 
  on 
  the 
  

   shingly 
  beach, 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  camp 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  and 
  await 
  calmer 
  weather 
  

   before 
  continuing 
  their 
  journey. 
  

  

  Below 
  this 
  stratum 
  was 
  another 
  bed 
  of 
  mould 
  of 
  organic 
  origin, 
  about 
  

   two 
  feet 
  in 
  its 
  greatest 
  depth, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cave. 
  Here, 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  a 
  rough 
  sarcophagus, 
  built 
  of 
  the 
  jaws 
  and 
  ribs 
  of 
  whales, 
  we 
  found 
  

   three 
  skeletons 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  fragile 
  and 
  almost 
  decayed 
  condition. 
  Around 
  

   these 
  were 
  found 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  implements, 
  especially 
  stone 
  knives, 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  uppermost 
  stratum, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  my 
  first 
  paper. 
  

   Then 
  came 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  cave, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  concave 
  and 
  irregular 
  surface 
  

   of 
  soft 
  porphyritic 
  rock. 
  

  

  