16 AN ACCOUNT OF TflE ANIMAL UEMA1NS 



nearly the whole of their original gelatine had been 

 preserved. 



It was before observed that the area of that part 

 of thu cave which has been removed, was 11 feet 

 wide and 38 feet long, extending from the original 

 entrance to the present one ; a portion of the un- 

 der part of the bed which formed the floor of the 

 original mouth may yet be seen, in the bank which 

 bounds the quarry on the west. This spacious place 

 contained the greater part of the bones of the larg- 

 er animals, as the elephant, rhinoceros, the hippopo- 

 tamus, and others. This appears to have been the 

 most convenient place for them, as it was the most 

 room}' ; for at the end of it the cave was contract- 

 ed, and they had to ascend a step up to it. This 

 area may be considered as the great hall, through 

 which the Hyaenas entered to the interior; to it thev 

 brought their prey from the vicinity of the cave. 

 Here we behold a space 11 feet by 30 feet, cover- 

 ed with boneslike a dog kennel ; they were not in 

 heaps but regularly distributed amongst the argil- 

 laceous sediment ; most of them were imbedded 

 in it ; a few lay horizontally near the top, with one 

 side appearing, others with tbe ends sticking out 

 vertically, and others inclined at high angles. The 

 Rev. Joseph Smyth, of Kiikbymoorside, has the 

 fragment of a thigh bone of an elephant, which 

 was found here, and many other valuable specimens 

 of teeth and bones which were here entombed. 



According to the account of Professor Buck- 

 land, who obtained his knowledge principally by 

 comparison with specimens preserved in museums, 



