4520 THE ZooLocist—JUuLy, 1875. 
On the Western Side. ft. in. 
1. European beds, mostly cattle dung = - e : ae 
2. Shell beds, like No. 3 in previous enumeration = - - ey ee 
3. Ashes, tussocks, &e.  - - = - = - 3 OO 
4. Shell beds, often much decomposed - : - - Or 9 
5. Ash bed - - - - : = 3 Z y Joe A. 
6. » mixed with shells - : : u : : <h Oe 9 
Lower Series. 
7. Dirt and ash bed - : - : 0 e : eh eS 
8. Agglomeratic bed : . : = : : = 0 ae 
Marine sands proved to exist for about three feet below No. 8. 
Besides the shells, of which the bivalves were with very few excep- 
tions found only in single valves, pieces of wood (partly charred), 
portions of wooden implements of Maori manufacture, plaitings 
made of Phormium tenax and pieces of two broken polished stone 
implements were collected, whilst close to the bottom of the trench 
a few moa bones were obtained, amongst which several species 
were represented. On the top of the dirt-bed immediately above 
the agglomerate, a small piece of a tibia of Meionornis casuarinus, 
bleached and much decomposed, was observed by me, which had 
been lying close to a well-preserved seal bone, possessing the light 
brown colour the bones generally exhibited when exhumed, thus 
suggesting that the moa bone must have been brought into the 
cave from the outside after having become bleached and partly 
decomposed. 
In order to test more fully the general character of the beds 
above the agglomerate, I gave directions to the labourers to work 
backwards from the cross trench, examining first the south-west 
corner of the cave, once more cautioning them to use the utmost 
care, and not to hurry over the examination. With this work we 
continued until October 3rd, when, after having looked carefully 
over the specimens obtained, I could not divest myself of the con- 
viction that, in and below the agglomeratic beds, remains proving 
human occupation must be found. Amongst the objects obtained 
during the last few days, the workmen having turned over deposits 
covering au area about twenty by thirty feet wide, and advancing 
in a south-west direction, were some moa bones, the leg-bones 
usually broken as for the extraction of the marrow, others of them 
