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REPORT 1872. 



The following examples will serve to explain Table II. : — Teeth of hyaena 

 occurred in the third Foot-level in 16 distinct Parallels, and in the same 

 number in the fourth ; but as they were met with in a total number of 19 

 Parallels only, it is obvious that in 13 instances (=16 + 16 — 19) they 

 occurred in both levels in the same Parallel. 



Again, as the Table comprehends 21 Parallels, and teeth of hyaena were 

 found in 19 only, it follows that there were 2 Parallels (=21 — 19) in which 

 no teeth of this genus presented themselves. 



Further, a total of 131 teeth of hytena were exhumed in the 19 Parallels, 

 and of these 63 were in the third Foot-level, and 68 in the fourth or lowest ; 

 hence the different Levels were almost equally rich, and on the average 

 several teeth occurred in one and the same Level and Parallel. 



To take another example : — Teeth of bear were found in the third 

 Foot-level in 4 Parallels, and in the fourth Foot-level in 2 ; but as they 

 occurred in a total number of 6 Parallels, it is obvious that in no in- 

 stance were they met with in both Levels in one and the same Parallel 

 (44-2-6 = 0). 



Again, as the Table comprehends 21 Parallels, and teeth of bear were 

 found in 6 only, it follows that there were 15 Parallels (21 — 6=15) in which 

 no teeth of this genus presented themselves. 



Further, a total of 6 teeth of bear were exhumed in the 6 Parallels, and of 

 these 4 were in the third Level and 2 in the fourth or lowest ; hence the 

 third was the richest Level, if the slender evidence may be trusted ; and the 

 teeth occurred singly, no more than one having in any instance been found 

 in the same Parallel. 



It is perhaps noteworthy that whilst teeth of rabbit and fox occuiTed in 

 the Wolf's Cave, as is shown in Table I., they did not, according to Table II., 

 present themselves in either the third or fourth Level. 



As in previous years, the Committee have removed and examined the 

 deposits dug up and thrown aside by Mr. MacEnery. In the Wolf's Cave, 

 as elsewhere, this material yielded a large number of the remains of the 

 ordinary Cave-mammals, including about 350 teeth, which may be thus 

 apportioned : — 



Table III. — Showing how many per cent, of the Teeth found in the disturbed 

 material in the Wolfs Cave belonged to the different kinds of Mammals. 



Hysena 36 per cent. 



Horse 33-5 „ 



Ehinoceros 19 „ 



Megaceros 3 „ 



Sheep 2 „ 



Bear 1-5 per cent. 



Deer 1-5 „ 



Badger .... 1-5 „ 



Ox less than 1 per cent. 



Lion 



Though it would be utterly useless to compare Tables I. and III., since 

 the latter includes teeth not only from all Levels, but possibly such as were 

 lying on the Stalagmitic Floor, as well, perhaps, as more recent introductions, 

 it is not without interest to observe that even amongst the rejected or neglected 

 specimens, as the case may be, as well as in the undisturbed Cave-earth in 

 every branch of the Cavern, the most prevalent forms are hysena, horse, and 

 rhinoceros, and that their relative prevalence is indicated by the order in 

 which they have been named. 



The bones and teeth present much the same characters as those found in 

 previous years. Thus, many of the latter are in jaws or fragments of jaws, 

 destitute, as usual, of their condyles, and, in most cases, of the lower borders 



