ON Kent's cavern, Devonshire. 



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and from this it varies but little, except in one or two places, whence masses 

 of limestone have recently fallen. The Roof is fretted, and has occasional 

 flues, extending tortuously upwards, and from 9 to 12 inches in diameter at 

 the bottom, where they are largest. None of them contain any stalactitic or 

 earthy matter. 



The walls of the Cave are but little fretted, and their edges but slightly 

 rouuded. 



Almost immediately on entering the Cave the workmen had to blast a large 

 mass of limestone lying on the Stalagmitic Floor, and which in all probability 

 deterred Mr. MacEnery from breaking ground there. A few yards further 

 in, a portion of the south wall, certainly in situ, and without obvious in- 

 dication of severance from the limestone stratum of which it was a part, 

 was found to project a few feet beyond the general direction, and to 

 have Cave-earth beneath it. This underlying deposit had been regularly 

 removed as the successive Parallels were excavated. At length the entire 

 mass, estimated at a ton in weight, fell and very nearly crushed the principal 

 workman. 



The Stalagmitic Floor, originally continuous across the entire length and 

 breadth of the Cave, had in great part been broken up by the earlier explo- 

 rers. Judging from the remnants of it still remaining, it was of the ordinary 

 granular and laminated character, and from 3 to 12 inches in thickness. 



Beneath this Floor the deposit was the common Cave-earth from top to 

 bottom of the 4-feet sections, except in the northern corner of the Cave, 

 where the Old Crystalline Stalagmitic Floor, in situ, formed its basis, and 

 rose like a boss from beneath. 



In the excavated deposits thrown aside in this Cave by Mr. MacEnery, the 

 Committee found bones and teeth as usual, and a bronze gouge 3-2 inches 

 long, and -75 inch in diameter at the end intended for the reception of the 

 haft. There can be little or no doubt that it lay on the Stalagmitic Floor 

 before Mr. MacEnery entered the Cave, and that he failed to observe it. 



The only object found in the Granular Stalagmitic Floor (that overlying 

 the Cave-earth) was a fine os innominatum of a rhinoceros. No. 5743. 



In the intact Cave-earth about 1000 teeth of various kinds of mammals 

 were met with, and in the ratios shown in the following Table : — 



Table IV. — Showing how many per cent, of the teeth found in Cave-earth 

 in the Cave of Eodentia belonged to the different kinds of Mammals. 



Hyaena 44 per cent. 



Horse 28 „ 



Rhinoceros 9-5 „ 



Megaceros 4 „ 



Deer. 

 Bear. 

 Ox . 



4 

 3 



9 



Reindeer 1*5 per cent. 



Elephant 1 „ 



Lion 1 „ 



Sheep -5 „ 



Fox 1 tooth only. 



Wolf 1 tooth only. 



In certain parts of the Cave the Cave-earth was found intact in every 

 Level ; in others the uppermost Foot-level only had been broken up, leaving 

 the second, third, and fourth undisturbed ; whilst in a third area the two 

 lower Levels alone had not been touched. The second group occupied an 

 area of but limited extent, and needs no further notice, but the distribution 

 of the teeth in the first and third are shown in the following Tables : — 



