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to the Queen of England. The entrance is 10 feet high, 

 and 7 broad. We descend vertically 15 feet into a sort 

 of vestibule, the roof of which lowers to such a degree, 

 that, at the end of 60 feet, we are obliged to creep. 

 After a long passage, we come to two other caves, ac- 

 cording to Leibnitz ; but Behrens adds three or four, 

 and says, that, according to the country people, we 

 might penetrate nearly two leagues. 



Bruckmann, who gives a map of this cavern (Epistol. 

 Itin. p. 34.), represents only five caves, arranged nearly 

 in a straight line, and connected by extremely narrow 

 passages. The second is the richest in bones ; the third, 

 which is the most irregular, has two small lateral caves ; 

 the fifth is the smallest, and contains a fountain. Of the 

 bones which have been taken from it, some are in the 

 possession of M. Blumenbach and other naturalists ; and 

 others have been figured by Leibnitz and Mylius, They 

 belong to the bear, hyena, and tiger or lion genera. 



The chain of the Hartz also presents some other caves 

 of less celebrity, although of the same nature mentioned 

 by Behrens in his Hercynia curiosa, namely, 



The cave of Hartzburg, under the castle of the 

 same name, above Goslar to the south. We do not know 

 why Biisching disputes its existence. It is true that 

 Behrens cites J. D. Horstius erroneously, for having seen 

 bones of various animals taken from it ; for Horstius 

 speaks only (Obs. Anat. dec. p. 10.) of the cave of Scharz- 

 fels. 



The cave of Ufftrungen, in the county of Stollberg, 

 to the south of the castle of that name. It is named in 

 the country Heim-knohle, or Hiding-hole. Behrens 

 thinks that fossil bones might be found in it. 



