8 REPORT — 1866. 



occur lay in tlic small patclies of cave-earth -wliicli here and there, chiefly in 

 the lowest level, presented themselves. In sliort, though they occurred 

 almost exclusively in the higher levels of the Gallery and the lowest of the 

 Passa"e, in both they were found only -where the cave-earth was found. 

 Where the latter is present, but not elsewhere, bones may -with considerable 

 confidence be looked for. 



"Very many of the long bones have been split longitudinally, and, so far as 

 is known, all the bones thus split, as well as many others, are distinctly scored 

 Avith teeth-marks — probably those of the hyajna chiefly. It is difficult to 

 suiipose, either a priori or from an examination of them, that less than human 

 agency could have so divided them, and it is obvious that unless they were 

 gnawed soon after they were riven, they would scarcely be Avorth gnawing at 

 aU. 



So far as is at present known, the labours of the last twelve months have 

 failed to add a new species to the list of animals given in the First lleport. 

 llemains of Ilyajna still preponderate : the Horse and Ehinoceros are pro- 

 bably next in prevalence ; no bones of either Maohairodus, Hippopotamus, or 

 Man have yet been met with ; and, with one exception, the elephantoid relics 

 are those of small individuals. Three teeth of Elephant, probably EJcphas 

 ^rrimiqenius, arc remarkable for their diminutiveness, even when compared 

 with the smallest of those mentioned last year. Indeed one of them is no 

 more than eight-tenths of an inch long. The others are somewhat larger, 

 but are interesting from being peculiarly narrow in proportion to their 

 lengths, and from their plates standing out in prominent ridges on the lateral 

 surfaces. They were all found in the fourth or lowest level, but in three 

 distinct parallels. 



Flint " implements " have been found in every branch of the cavern yet 

 explored — the Chamber, the Galleiy, and the Passage of Urns. In the last 

 they were just as numerous as in the other branches, occurring amongst the 

 loose stones, where bones failed to present themselves. 



Omitting mere chips and very inferior specimens, upwards of 70 " imple- 

 ments " have been found since the First lleport was drawn up, making, 

 with those mentioned last year, something more than 100 specimens since the 

 commencement of the exploration. About one-third of this total were met 

 with in each of the first and second foot-levels below the stalagmite, and 

 something more than one-sixth in the third foot. In short, up to this time, 

 each level has been rather less productive than those above it — a statement 

 differing from the corresponding one of last year. 



The " implements " are divisible into three classes : — 



1st. Mere ^rt/rf 3, probably struck off in making the more finished tools, but 

 which, no doubt, would, from their sharp edges, be eminently useful for cut- 

 ting or scraping. 



2nd. Lanceolate " implements," pointed at one end and truncated at the 

 other. 



3rd. Oval " implements," convex on both sides, and worked to an edge all 

 round the margin. 



The largest specimen of the first class is nearly 5 inches long, and 

 in greatest breadth and thickness measures 2| inches and 1 inch 

 respectively. It is a portion of a nodule of coarse-grained light-grey flint, 

 and in one part retains the original unfractured surface. As in the case of 

 several others of the same class, its edges are so sharj) and uninjured as to 

 render it in the highest degree probable that it was struck off in the cavern, 



