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toot hiiili. plaooil thoiv sinoi^ tho ilisoovorv of tho 

 Cavo bv wliito inou.- wo iioxt n\-\)iuKm' how it 

 ooiild liavo boon possiblo lor a woman ami oliiUl 

 to havo inailo this dillioult asooiit without tho 

 aiil oi' a buUlor, and. if possiblo, what objoot 

 oonld liavo boon in viow snlVioiontly s^tron;:; to 

 havo induootl tlio woman with \\ov inlant to 

 havo surnunuitod snob oxtraordinarv obstaolos? 

 And, at'tor ovoroomin^ all tboso ditlionltios, is it 

 prosumablo that tho woman anil ohild j^hould 

 havo oontinuod to wandor nntil thov llnuul two 

 niohos in tho wall oxactly adaptod to thoir 

 rospootivo si/.os, and thov porhaps tho oi\\\ 

 niohos suitod to tho purposo in tho Cavo? 



Wo aiv somowhat surpris(Hl that Ih". Wright, 

 tho latost roooiini/.od authority in oavoology, 

 doos not outer moro into dotail rospooting this 

 important subjoot. partionlarly as sovoral of his 

 prodooossors in oavo history havo boon nnu-h 

 moro minuto in thoir aooounts ol" tho disoovory 

 and tho disposition oi" tho niunnnios. Not doubt- 

 ing Dr. Wright's ooilviotion of tho truth oi' tho 

 romarks that bo has mado upon tho subjoot. wi> 

 ropoat that ho. and othors oonoornod. owo it as 

 a duty to thomsolvos to oxplain io tho satisiao- 

 tion ol" tho publio why tho said bodios woro n>- 

 niovod from tho position in whioh they woro 



