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yet their shape is peculiar, and their material — a black. 

 mied rock, seemingly similar to that of the last- 

 described specimen — is not. as far as I know, found in the 

 d of tlu- caves. It seems probable, therefore, 

 that the two stones were brought to the cave by its inhabit- 

 ants. The first, did it shew signs of chipping or ol polishing. 

 might from its shapi neolithi< -tj i 



axe: thi the object, however, appears weathered, 



which it would not be, had it been a part of an implement 

 tin own au.i\ within the cave owing to breakage during 

 ture; noi would an implement in use shew these 

 signs when broken and left in such a sheltered position. 



I he second specimen is smooth on one side, slightly rough 

 on the other. It, also, has rather a curious form, and appears 

 to be of a rock similar to that of the above; here again 

 I cannot detect any obvious signs of working. Possibly it is a 

 thin rlake removed from the surface of a water-worn pebble. 



Before bringing this paper to a close we have still to deal 

 with the pottery. 



In the bay lirst excavated pottery was met with only 

 from the surface to a depth of about one foot, or a little more 

 towards the mouth of the cave, where the deposits were 

 deepest. Several specimen- were discovered here. Two 

 of them were seemingly small dishes with circular feet. One- 

 is of a stout, blackish coloured ware, and includes a part of 

 the rim ; the other is similar except that the ware has a reddish 

 tinge. In both instances the feet have been broken ofl and 

 only their bases remain. Another object which we found is 

 a small pipkin or water-pot with a roughly tooled pattern on 

 its bottom and the lower parts of its body. Many fragments 

 of this ware were encountered. My Malay coolies said that 

 they thought that pipkins of the same kind were still made in 

 the Siamese Mala}- States, but that they did not know of any 

 modern articles similar to the two dishes. Some small pieces 

 of potterv of other types were also met with, but none of them 

 were at all remarkable. 



In the second bay the pottery found was in small frag- 

 ments, and was of the same sort as the pipkin. 



Let us now see wdiat inferences may be fairly drawn from 

 tl 1 ts discovered in the caves. It ha- been noted that 



the deposit of shells and bone fragments were not of any 

 ickness, and from this fact we may conclude that the 

 caves were either inhabited for a comparatively short 

 period of time, or that they were only used at intervals, and 

 that the old.-st deposit's are. therefore, fairly am 



There is, I think, sufficient evidence to warrant oui saying 

 that some of the former dwellers in the caves understood tin 

 working of stone by chipping, and used stone implements; for 

 two true implements were discovered, and two which are 

 probablj so, as well n 



