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Thcjf fielded that tlic portion of the Chamber which they had reached -wan 

 completely closed with an enormous acciimnlation of IStalagmite, so that it 

 was not possible to form a coi'rect estimate of the size of the apartment, that 

 it was probably much larger than was then supposed, that the only known 

 communication between the Eastern and the Western Divisions of the Cavern 

 was the Yestibulc at its 02)posite or north-eastern end, and that the Super- 

 intendents inclined to the opinion that a passage would be found opening out 

 of the South-west Chamber, which would form a second channel of communi- 

 cation between the two Divisions. Respecting the deposits, the Fourth 

 Eeport stated that, in the eastern part of the Chamber, they were : — first, or 

 uppermost, Stalagmitic Floor, commonly of granular structiu'e ; second, the 

 ordinary Cave-earth, with Hint implements and the usual Cave-mammals ; 

 third, an Old Floor of Stalagmite of great thickness, and of a peculiar crys- 

 talline structure ; fourth, or lowest, a Hock-like Breccia, in which fragments 

 of grit, not derivable from the Cavern hiU, were abundant, and which, though 

 replete with remains of the Cave-bear, had neither bones nor any other indi- 

 cations of Hyaena, Ehinoceros, or other prevalent Cave-species. It was added 

 that in proceeding westward the Cave-earth had thinned out and entirely 

 disappeared, so that the two Stalagmites, between which was its proper place, 

 rested one immediately on the other. 



Soon after that Report was presented, the Committee found that a few feet 

 beyond the point where they had lost the Cave-earth, it once more appeared 

 in the section, occupying its accustomed position between the Stalagmites, 

 resting on the Old crystalline mass, and overlaid with that which is granular 

 and comparatively modern. It proved to be merely an insulated patch in 

 contact with the northern wall of the Chamber, along which it extended for 

 a distance of 11 feet. Its maximum breadth was 6^ feet, and depth 32 inches. 

 No sooner did it enter the section than it brought with it the characteristic 

 flint and chert implements, teeth of hya3na, mammoth, and fox, and gnawed 

 bones. 



Three of the implements deserve more than a brief mention, as they arc 

 very fine specimens, belong to different types, and can scarcely be said to bo 

 represented by any previously met with in the Cavern. 



The first (No. ^^*) is of a diill light grey colour on the surface, but of 

 an undecided black within. In form it is a trapezoid closely approaching a 

 rectangle, but having the angles somewhat rounded off. It is about 4 inches 

 in length, 2| inches in breadth, and '8 of an inch in greatest thickness. It 

 is worked to an edge along the entire margin, and has apparently seen some 

 service as a scraper. With it were found a portion of a chert implement, a 

 molar of bear, molar of hyasna, four other teeth, a gnawed bone, and several 

 small fragments of bone. 



The second implement (No. 3918) is a beautifully white flint of poreeUa- /■i'J^U ^ 

 nous aspect. Its form is not easy to describe, but it may perhaps be said to 

 be rudely subovoid. Its extreme length is about 3-9 inches, breadth 2-5, 

 and depth • 7 inch. It is flat on one face, and from a point near the centre 

 of the other side is unequally fined off to an edge all round the perimeter. 



The third (No. 3922) is of the same kind of flint as the second. Every 

 part of its surface is elaborately chipped. It is flat on one side, uniformly /Ju,//,) 

 rounded on the other, and worked to an edge all round its circumference. It ' y 

 may be described as a canoe-shaped implement, or a long, narrow, pointed, 



* .3912, the denominator, is the number of the box or series of specimens ; 1 , the nume- 

 rator, is the number of the specimen in the scries j and so on in other cases.— W. P. 

 18G9. 



