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measuring 4 feet long by 4 feet broad, yielded 36 teeth of hyaena, 5 of deer, 

 4 of horse, 4 of rhinoceros, 2 of ox, a portion of an elephant's tusk, numerous 

 bones, and 1 flint flake. The other, in the opposite corner of the Cave, 

 measured 9 feet by 8 feet, and was found to contain 161 teeth of hyaena 

 (many of them in parts of jaws, all having lost their condyles), 107 of horse, 

 40 of rhinoceros, 16 of deer, 10 of bear, 8 of megaceros (of which 5 were in 

 part of a lower jaw), 5 of elephant, 5 of ox, 5 of sheep, 4 of lion, 1 of fox, a 

 great number of bones, balls of coprolite, 1 flake of flint and 2 of chert. 



The following are among the noteworthy specimens found in the Cave of 

 Eodentia : — ^ < . 



Part of the left upper jaw of a bear (No. 5740), containing the last three 

 molars, which are not much worn. This specimen is in a good state of pre- 

 servation, and was found November 18, 1871, in the third Level of Cave- 

 earth, with 2 teeth of hyaena, 1 of lion, and 1 of elephant. 



Part of the right upper jaw of a bear (No. 5745), containing the last three 

 molars, which are somewhat worn. This specimen, which is not well pre- 

 served, was lying with a portion of probably the same head in a corresponding 

 condition, and containing 1 canine of great size. They were found November 

 20, 1871, in the second Level of Cave-earth, with 1 tooth of hyaena. 



A canine of a bear (No. 5749), much worn, and having a fang 5-1 inches in 

 girth. It was found November 22, 1871, in the second Level of Cave-earth, 

 with 1 tooth of horse. 



Portion of an elephant's tusk (No. 5764), measuring 10 inches long and 6*5 

 inches in girth — the largest specimen of the kind the Committee have met 

 with in the Cavern. It is partially invested with stalagmite, to which a few 

 small angular stones adhere, and on its surface there are teeth-marks of 

 hyaena. It was found November 27, 1871, in the first Level of Cave-earth, 

 with 2 teeth of hyaena, and gnawed fragments of bone. 



A very small tooth of an elephant (No. 5774) with two diverging fangs. It 

 was found December 2, 1871, in the fourth Level of Cave-earth. On account 

 of its very small size and unusual fang it was forwarded to Mr. Busk, who 

 has furnished the following remarks on it :— " -^-f-^-, milk-molar of Elephas 

 primigenius. As this tooth is only one half the size of the tooth usually, 

 but erroneously, regarded as the m.-m. 1, I consider that it represents the 

 very rare occurrence of a true m.-m. 1. If not, it is the smallest tooth of 

 the kind I am acquainted with, except in the Maltese dwarf elephants {vide 

 my paper in Zool. Trans, vol. vi. pi. 53. fig. 2). The proper dimensions of 

 m.-m. 2 in Elephas primigenius are about -8 inch X '7 inch, and the smallest 

 I have seen of El. indicus is -6 x -48 ; whilst a tooth in the Zebbug collection 

 is -4 X -32, and the present one -45 x '3, or nearly the same. One objection, 

 however, and that a strong one, to the present tooth being really m.-m. 1, 

 arises from its having two divergent fangs, while the Zebbug tooth has only 

 one, or two connate into one. This is a very curious specimen, and, as re- 

 gards the elephant, of remarkable interest." — (Signed) George Busk. 



Several good specimens of coprolite were met with both in the Cave of 

 Rodentia and the Wolfs Cave. 



Five implements and flakes of flint and chert were found in the former 

 Cave, but none of them rank amongst the best of the Cavern series ; indeed 

 one only (No. 5741) requires special description. It is a light grey flint, 

 rudely oval in form, irregularly convex on both faces, 2-8 inches long, 2-4 

 inches broad, and -95 inch in greatest thickness. Though it has undergone / 



a considerable amount of chipping, and is reduced to an edge all round, it is 

 by no means a well-finished, but was probably a very efficient, " scraper." 



