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blocks of limestone and a few pieces of crystalline stalagmite ; thickness un- 
known, but more than 4 feet. 
Secrron II. Near the middle of the Eastern Division of the South-west 
Chamber. Length 15 feet. Direction from W. 5° N. to E. 5° §. (mag.) 
First, or uppermost: Modern Floor of Stalagmite, granular, continuous, 
no incorporated stones; thickness varied from 17 to 29 inches. 
Second: Cave-earth, typical, contained large pieces of limestone and crys- 
talline stalagmite ; thickness varied from 3 inches at the ends of the section 
to 12 inches in the middle. 
Third: Older Floor of Stalagmite, crystalline, discontinuous, there being a 
considerable hiatus near the middle of the section ; thickness 14 inches. 
Fourth: Rock-like Breccia, composed of red earth, small angular pieces of 
limestone, subangular and rounded pieces of grit, large angular masses of 
limestone and of crystalline stalagmite, cemented into a strong concrete; 
thickness unknown, but more than 31 inches. The Cave-earth rested im- 
mediately on it near the middle of the section. 
Secrion III. Near the southern end of the Eastern Division of the South- 
west Chamber. Length 8 feet. Direction from W. 5° N. to E. 5°S. (mag.) 
First, or uppermost: Modern Floor of Stalagmite, generally granular, con- 
tinuous, no incorporated stones ; thickness varied from 18 to 21 inches. 
Second: Older Floor of Stalagmite, crystalline, discontinuous ; thickness 
varied from 8 to 38 inches. 
Third: Rock-like Breccia, in all respects like that of the 2nd section ; 
thickness 2 feet. 
Fourth: Uncemented Breccia, differing from the overlying mass only in 
being uncemented and in containing but few bones. 
The Modern Stalagmitic Floor in this Division of the Chamber, as else- 
where in the Cavern, was found to contain a few bones and pieces of charred 
wood. Of the former, the most important are part of the upper jaw of the 
Cave-bear, containing both canines and two molars, none of which are much 
worn. With this fine specimen, which was extracted in the presence of the 
two Superintendents, several loose molars of bear were found, and also a claw 
of some large carnivore. Besides the foregoing, there were found elsewhere 
in this Floor a fine canine of Ursus speleus, which does not appear to have 
seen much service, and an os calcis of some large animal. 
The Cave-earth, too, no matter how thin the band to which it had dwin- 
dled, continued to the last to yield remains of its characteristic fauna. In 
this deposit there were found, in the Division of the Chamber now under 
notice, teeth and other relics of Bear, Fox, Horse, Hyzena, Rhinoceros, Mam- 
moth, Hare,and bird. The frequency with which they were met with, rather 
than the aggregate number of specimens in each case, is indicated by the 
order in which the names stand, the remains of Bear being most prevalent, 
whilst those of bird were found once only. In the same branch of the Cavern 
was found the femur of a Bear, having the distal end perfect, but the proxi- 
mal extremity wanting. This is the largest bone found during the present 
exploration ; it was lying, with the anterior portions of the two rami of the 
lower jaw of a young Hyena spelea, in the fourth or lowest foot-level. 
As elsewhere, many of the bones were well scored with teeth-marks, and 
some were split lengthways. Lumps of fecal matter also were occasionally 
met with. 
A few flint chips were likewise found. They are probably of artificial 
origin, but are not of sufficient value to require description. 
Though fragments of stone which the Cavern hill could not have supplied 
