12 AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANIMAL REMAINS 



covering the whole of the floor in patches ; it waft 

 so thick, that a man could not enter till it had 

 been removed ; it was perhaps two feet thick in 

 other parts, where it had fallen in drops from the 

 roof; stalagrnitic accumulations had been raised on 

 its surface, sonic of which are very large and flat, 

 resembling, according to Mr. Buckland's description, 

 cakes of bees' wax ; but more commonly they are 

 of the shape of a cow's pap, the name given them 

 by the workmen,* The fissures before mentioned, 

 in which a man may stand upright, are crusted over 

 with stalactite, and another fissure inclining to the 

 south is very interesting, by candle light ; it appears 

 like the sides of a rock glazed over with ice ; it is 

 generally wet from the percolation, of water from 

 the incumbent land. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANIMAL RE- 



MAINS FOUND IN THE CAVE 



ATKIRKDALE. 



HAVING noticed the geological situation of the 

 Cave, and given a description of it, I shall proceed 

 to notice the animal remains found in it. 



It. would be gratifying to those interested in the 

 Subject, were it possible to restore the cave to its 



* I have in my possession a specimen of that resemb- 

 ling bees' wax, upwards of 8 inches thick ; and also 

 Another of the conical description like the cow's pap, 

 measuring 26 inches in circumference at the base, and 

 1 1 and a half inches high. 



