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lagmite was one tooth, in the first foot-level, at 62 feet from the entrance ; 

 and beyond this point there was no instance of any part of an extinct mam- 

 mal above the floor. Agglutinated lumps of Beetles' wings and wing-cases 

 were met with at all levels within the disturbed area. 



The specimens found in the stalagmitic floor, though but few, were of 

 considerable interest. Amongst them were teeth of Bear, Elephant, Hysena, 

 and Rhinoceros, and a portion of the internal shell of a Cuttlefish {Sepia 

 officinalis), thus confirming the statements made by the Committee in pre- 

 vious Reports, that at least some of the extinct Cave-mammals outlived the 

 period represented by the cave-earth *. 



As elsewhere in the cavern, some of the bones of the extinct mammals 

 were gnawed, some were greatly discoloured, and some, irrespective of the 

 level they occupied, were invested with films of stalagmite. 



Some localities were rich, whilst others were poor in specimens. Occa- 

 sionally they were found almost exclusively against one waU of the cavern, 

 whilst in other instances their distribution was tolerably uniform. They 

 continued to present themselves in the higher levels after they had ceased to 

 do so in the lower ones ; thus in the fifth or lowest foot-level there were 

 none beyond 51 feet from the entrance ; in the fourth they continued up to 

 59 feet, and a solitary Hycena's tooth was found 17 feet beyond this ; in the 

 third level they were met with in tolerable abundance as far as 60 feet, and 

 a tooth of Rhinoceros with a fragment of bone appeared at 65 feet ; the last 

 specimen in the second level occurred at 73 feet, and in the first at 76 feet. 

 jN"othing was found in the last 4 feet. 



In this branch of the cavern twenty-one flint implements and flakes were 

 found, of which ten were mentioned and four briefly described in the Fifth 

 Report (Exeter, 1869). Of those which have recently been discovered, four 

 only require special notice. No. 4561 was found on September 11, 1869, at 

 55 feet from the entrance, with a tooth of Horse, a tooth of Rhinoceros, and 

 a coprolite, in the fourth foot-level of cave-earth, over which was a sta- 

 lagmitic floor 14 inches thick. It is of white flint, lanceolate in form, 

 strongly carinated on one side, and slightly concave longitudinally on the 

 other, which is crowded with facets, indicating the dislodgment of smaU 

 flakes in great numbers. It measures 4-4 inches long, 1-1 inch wide, and 

 •3 inch thick at its broader end, and tapers gradually towards its point, 

 which it has unfortunately lost. It is the best implement of its type which 

 the cavern has yielded. No. 4521 is of the same kind, and also of white 

 flint, but less delicate in its proportions, being 3-1 inches long, 1-1 inch 

 broad, and -4 inch thick at the butt end. It was found with a jaw of 

 Rabbit, a tooth of Horse, a tooth of Rhinoceros, and fragments of bone, on 

 September 6th, 1869, at 53 feet from the entrance, in the third foot-level of 

 undisturbed cave-earth, over which was a stalagmitic floor 2 feet thick. 

 ^■^^ TbY6 ^s probably a rude core, and is noteworthy only on account of its 

 colour. It is a portion of a nodule, the outer surface being of a very dull 

 pink which extends to the depth of stout wrapping-paper ; beneath this is a 

 bluish inky band about twice this thickness, Avithiu which the colour is a 

 creamy white with drab patches. It was found on the same day and in the 

 same " parallel " as the specimen last described, and in the foot-level next 

 below. There were Ijdng with it a tooth of Elephant, three teeth of Horse, 

 four of Hysena, and a wedge-shaped flake of white flint (No. 7^1,5-) . No. 4626 

 is a well-formed flake of apparently the same kind of flint as"^2^ ; but its 

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