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all of them were crowded with teeth and bones, which, so far as is known, 
are those of the Cave-bear. No teeth-marks have been detected on any of 
them, nor were there any traces of frecal matter. Many of the canines and 
molars were of great size, and some of the former were so much worn as to 
suggest that they had belonged to old animals whose molars had become in- 
capable of performing their functions. 
These lumps of breccia had not the appearance of being portions of the 
ordinary Cave-earth agglomerated in situ. Their aspect was rather that of 
remnants of a deposit older than that in which they were incorporated,—the 
deposit, in fact, which the Older Floor of Stalagmite had covered, and on 
which it had been formed. To a large extent, this opinion received confir- 
mation in the fact, already mentioned, that the osseous remains in the lumps 
of breccia as well as in the blocks of old stalagmite were, at least mainly, 
those of the Cave-bear, the other members of the Cave-fauna being unre- 
presented. 
The Cayve-earth in the Lecture Hall contained teeth of Horse, Rhinoceros, 
Hyena, Bear, Fox, Deer, Mammoth, Lion, Ox, and Badger ; their prevalence 
being indicated by the order in which their names are given, those of the 
Horse being the most, and of the Badger the least abundant. The teeth 
were accompanied by a considerable number of bones, many of which were 
deeply scored with teeth-marks, others were split longitudinally, and several 
were invested with thin films of stalagmite, irrespective of the depth at 
which they were found. These different conditions of the bones are inter- 
esting and significant,—the first implying the presence of the living hyena, 
the second the operations of man, and the last the slow and intermittent 
accumulation of the Cave-earth, since each bone must have lain on what was 
the upper surface of the deposit for a considerable period, during which it 
was exposed to the action of the lime-laden drip from the roof of the Cavern. 
The statement, in the Third Report (1867), that fecal matter was met 
with almost exclusively in the Great Chamber, requires considerable modifica- 
tion. During the year 1867-68 a greater quantity of this material was found 
in the Cave-earth, in the Lecture Hall, than had been met with previously 
in the adjacent Chamber just spoken of; it occurred at all levels, and some- 
times in masses a foot high. Occasionally individual coprolites were en- 
countered which had undergone no change either of place or of form since 
they were originally dropped by the hyzena—a fact which goes far to show 
that the Cave-earth was neither all introduced at one and the same time, nor 
by violent agency, such as a great rush of water. 
This branch of the Cavern was not very productive of flint tools, or, 
with the exception of split bones, other evidences of human existence. 
Omitting mere chips and doubtful flakes, it yielded no more than five imple- 
ments, all of which are very inferior to the fine specimens discovered in 
former years. Two of them were found in the first foot-level, two in the 
second, and one in the third. One of them is formed of grey cherty flint, of 
a kind which the old men of Kent’s Hole frequently employed; the others 
are of a finer variety, and of the prevalent white colour. They all belong to 
the Lanceolate type of implement. The best of the series is that composed 
of chert ; it was found in the first or uppermost foot-level, October 18th, 
1867. Its point had been broken off before it was met with. At present it 
measures 2°8 inches in length, and 1-3 inch in greatest breadth. There 
does not appear to have been much skilled labour expended on it, and its 
edges are considerably broken. 
South-west Chamber.—The “ Lecture Hall” opens on its south-western 
