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easionally took possession of the cavern, and made 
it the place of their retreat. This conjecture is 
much strengthened by the shattered appearance of 
the ends of many of the bones, and the sharp 
splinters, which are in great numbers, and seem as 
_ if they had been gnawed, and broken by the teeth 
of some animal. But, as to their being antedeluman 
or not, or to what period of the world they ought 
to be assigned, I shall leave to those who are better 
informed than myself, to determine. 
