4526 THE ZooLocist—JULY, 1875. 
the cross trench, the second opposite to the first on its south- 
western side, and at a distance of twelve feet. They were found 
during my absence, and the men, not thinking their occurrence of 
sufficient interest, simply took them out—but noting their position 
—instead of leaving them standing until I came down. They 
reported that they had reached about sixteen inches down into 
the sands. During my presence I caused new excavations to be 
made round the spot where these piles were reported to have 
stood, but I could not get any other object except portions of one 
of the piles, which on examination proved to be rimu (Dacridium 
cupressinum). 
In the agglomeratic bed in this south-eastern portion of the 
cave we obtained a number of moa bones, of which portions of a 
skeleton of Euryapteryx rheides were the most conspicuous. With 
the latter also the two rami of the lower mandible were found, but 
not the least portion of the skull; in fact, the absence of any but 
very small fragments of skulls in all kitchen middens shows that 
the brain of the moa was considered a great delicacy. Here we 
got again a few small pieces of obsidian and some chips and cores 
of flint, together with similar rough and primitive tools made of 
a hard and compact dolerite found in situ close to the cave. In 
the lower beds also seal bones, a few phalanges from the flipper of 
a small whale, and bones of birds still inhabiting New Zealand 
were collected,—amongst the latter those of the spotted shag and 
small blue penguin were most numerous. 
(To be continued.) 
Notice of a gigantic Cephalopod (Dinoteuthis proboscideus) 
which was stranded at Dingle, in Kerry, two hundred 
years ago. By A. G. More, F.L.S., M.R.LA. 
In a collection of rare tracts relating to Irish history which 
was formed by a London bookseller named Thomas Thorpe, and 
is now deposited in the library of the Royal Dublin Society, there 
is a most curious record of the occurrence of an enormous cuttle- 
fish, whose history is here reproduced as affording an interesting 
parallel to the recent capture off Boffin Island, which was 
published in the ‘ Zoologist’ of last month. The first three letters 
and the description are all printed, together with a rude drawing, 
