46 REPORT — 1873. 



The deposit underlying the Stalagmitic Floor was typical Cave-earth, 

 having no peculiar characteristics. Up to the end of July no trace of the 

 Breccia (the older deposit) had presented itself, either in situ or in incorpo- 

 rated fragments. It has not proved to be very rich, nor has it been remark- 

 ably poor, in bones and teeth ; and it has yielded two flint implements. It 

 is believed, however, that the lack of abundance will be found to be fully 

 compensated by the character and value of at least one of the specimens. 



One of the implements (No. 5S19) is a somewhat mottled white flint, rather 

 irregular in form, flat on one face, doubly carinated on the other, 3-3 inches 

 long, 1*1 inch in greatest breadth, and -4 inch where thickest. It was found 

 in the first Foot-level of Cave-earth with a portion of a grey flint nodule, 

 apparently fractured artificially. 



The second implement (No. 5829) is a bluish-grey flint, semilunar iu out- 

 line, 2-5 inches long, 1-5 inch broad, and fuUy -5 inch in greatest thickness. 

 It was found, with a tooth of hyaena and a tooth of horse, in the third Foot- 

 level of Cave-earth. 



Up to the end of July 120 teeth and a considerable number of bones, be- 

 longing to various kinds of mammals, had been met with. As the exploration 

 of the Arcade is not completed, it is perhaps undesirable at present to exhibit 

 the distribution of the teeth in a tabular form. The hyaena, us usual, takes the 

 lead, and is followed by the horse and the rhinoceros in tlicir usual places. 



Though, amongst the animal remains, several good specimens have been 

 met with in the branch of the Cavei'n at present under notice, only two of 

 them require special mention. One of these (No. 5968) is the right lower 

 jaw of a young bear, and, what is very unusual in the Cavern, perfect in all 

 its parts. Such, however, was its fragility that it was broken in taking it 

 out of the deposit. It was found July 30, 1872, with an additional canine 

 of a young bear (in all probability belonging to the same individual) and a 

 tooth of elephant, in the third Foot-level of Cave-earth, over which the 

 Stalagmitic Floor was 5 feet thick. 



The other specimen (No. 5962) is a well-marked incisor of Maehairodvs 

 laUdens, found July 29, 1872, with the left lower jaw of bear containing one 

 molar, in the first or uppermost Foot-level of Cave-earth, having over it the 

 Granular Stalagmitic Floor 2*5 feet thick. It answers admirably to the 

 following description given by MacEnery of the incisor he found : — " The 

 internal face of the enamel is fringed with a serrated border. This tooth is 

 distinguished further by two tubercles or protuberances at the base of the 

 enamel from which the serration springs, and describes a pointed arch on the 

 internal surface The body of the tooth in this specimen is not com- 

 pressed but rounded " *. He adds, " Whether this belongs to an inferior 

 species of (J. cultridois, or [is] simply the incisor anterior to the canine of the 

 larger species of U. cuUndens, I am not able to pronounce with certainty. If 

 merely the incisor, it is stiU interesting, as it serves to show that the serrated 

 character is not confined to the canines, and that the rest of the teeth, and 

 consequently the frame, are marked by a peculiar conformation." 



A glance at the new specimen sufiices to explain why Mr. MacEnery was 

 uncertain respecting the canine or incisive character. Indeed the workmen 

 eent it to the Secretary of the Committee under the belief that it was the 

 canine of a wolf, it being partially covered with Cave-earth ; and its true 

 character was detected whilst it was being washed, August 5, 1872. 



MacEnery states that his incisor, which unfortunately cannot be traced, 

 was " about an inch long"* — the expression, in aU probability, of a rough 

 * Trans. Devon. Assoc, vol. iii. p. 370. 



