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also. Most of the specimens have an almost white colour, but some are of a 

 dark hue ; some are more or less coated with stalagmite, some are broken, 

 some split, and very few have escaped the teeth of the hyaena. Amongst the 

 finer and more remarkable specimens may be mentioned jaws of hyaena, 

 canines of lion and bear, a left lower molar of Elephas primigenius, part of 

 left lower jaw of rhinoceros, and a portion of a palate and both upper jaws of 

 megaceros. 



One of the canines of bear (No. 5537) is so peculiarly worn or cut, both 

 on the crown and on the fang, and especially the latter, as to suggest the 

 probabihty of human agency. On account of its strange aspect it was for- 

 warded to Mr. 6. Busk, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, F.R.S., 

 V.P.L.S.5 &c., a member of the Committee, who thus remarks on it : — " The 

 bear's canine (5537) is certainly very curiously worn if it be naturally so. 

 The wearing of the crown part is possible enough, perhaps ; but I cannot 

 account for the apparently worn portion of the fang, which, of course, during 

 life must have been protected from wear. But what could be the object 

 of such an implement if it were manufactured ? Perhaps a kind of gouge 

 or chisel." — (Signed) Geokge Busk. 



The mammoth's grinder (No. 5575) is almost perfect. Its crown measures 

 6 inches in length and 2*5 inches in greatest breadth. It was found Sep- 

 tember 13, 1871, in the third Foot-level, with 22 teeth of hyaena in parts of 

 5 jaws, 2 of rhinoceros, 1 of bear, with several large bones and fragments of 

 bone. The bear's tooth just mentioned was a canine worn almost to the 

 fang, which measures 1-7 inch in width. 



The rhinoceros jaw (No. 5562), which has lost its condyles, but not its 

 lower border, contains 4 consecutive molars, and is quite the finest specimen 

 of the kind met with by the Committee. It was found September 2, 1871, 

 in the third Level, with a tooth of bear, bones, and fragments of bone. 



The jaws and palate of megaceros (No. 5646) contain 6 consecutive molars 

 on the left side, and 5 on the right. This specimen was found October 10, 

 1871, in the third Level, with 1 tooth of rhinoceros, 1 of megaceros, 5 of 

 horse, 6 of hynaea in parts of 2 jaws, bones, and splinters of bone. 



Though Mr. MacEnery was not so fortunate as to find any flint implements 

 in the Wolfs Cave, the Committee met with 5 ; and 4 of them are amongst 

 the best specimens the Cavern has yielded. 



No. 5563 is a white lanceolate implement, 2-8 inches long, -85 inch broad, 

 and '2 inch thick. It has a strong subcentral longitudinal ridge on one 

 surface, is slightly concave longitudinally and convex transversely on the 

 other, reduced to an edge on both margins, rounded and rather blunt at one 

 end, abruptly truncated at the other, and has apparently seen some service. 

 It was found September 2, 1871, in the fourth Level, with 1 tooth of bear, 

 1 of rhinoceros, 3 of hyaena, 3 of horse, and 1 of ox. 



No. 5571 is a pale grey flint implement of delicate proportions. It is 3-7 

 inches long, •65 inch in greatest breadth, and •! inch in greatest thickness. 

 It is longitudinally and transversely convex on one side, somewhat strongly 

 concave lengthways, but slightly convex in the direction of its breadth on 

 the other, has a long narrow oval form, three ridges ou its convex side, a thin 

 edge all round its perimeter except at one end which is rather blunt, and does 

 not appear to have been used. It was found September 9, 1871, in the third 

 Level, with 4 teeth of hyaena, 1 of rhinoceros, 1 of horse, 1 of ox, and frag- 

 ments of bone scored with teeth-marks. 



No. 5592 is a chert implement, rudely quadrilateral in foi-m, 2-5 inches 

 long, 2-2 inches broad, '6 inch thick, and has apparently been used. It was 



