REPORT—1874. 
It happened that the exploration of that part of the Arcade in which the 
Basins were thus numerous was carried on during a very wet season, when the 
water passing through the Stalagmitic Floor, as just mentioned, caused two 
or three slips in the Cave-earth and the “ Breccia.” The largest of these fell 
during the night of January 8th—9th, and in the fallen matter a tooth of 
Bear, a vertebra, fragments of bone, and a well-rolled flint nodule were found. 
It is, of course, impossible to say whether this nodule belonged to the era of 
the Cave-earth or that of the more ancient Breccia. This is to be regretted, 
as it is the only specimen of the kind which up to this time the Cavern has 
yielded. 
The “ Crystalline Stalagmite” (that which lies between the Cave-earth 
above and the Breccia below, when all these occur in the same vertical sec- 
tion) was also occasionally met with in situ, and always beneath the granular 
or less ancient variety. In some instances there was a space between them 
filled with the true Cayve-earth with its characteristic bones and coprolites, 
whilst in others the two Stalagmites were in immediate contact. Where the 
older variety did not exist the Cave-earth lay at once on the Breccia. 
The only noteworthy objects found in the Granular Stalagmite were a tooth 
of Bear, fragments of bone, one considerable “ find ” of coprolites, and charred 
wood on two occasions. The following is the complete list of objects of in- 
terest found in the Granular Stalagmite throughout the entire length of the 
Long Arcade from 1871-2 to February 23rd, 1874, when its exploration 
closed :—2 teeth of Hyzna, 1 of Bear, 1 of Deer, a large vertebra, fragments 
of bone on several occasions, several specimens of charred wood, a flint tool or 
“core” (No. 5990), and a piece of black flint. 
Since the period at which the Ninth Report closed the undisturbed Cave- 
earth in the Long Arcade has yielded a considerable number of bones and 
fragments of bone and 63 teeth (30 of Hyzna, 24 of Bear, 4 of Horse, 3 of 
Mammoth, and 2 of Fox). 
The total number of Teeth found by the Committee in undisturbed Cave- 
earth in the Arcade from first to last was about 340, which may be distributed 
as shown in the following Table :— 
Tasir I.—Showing how many per cent. of the total number of Teeth found 
by the Committee in undisturbed Cave-earth throughout the Long Arcade 
belonged to the different kinds of Mammals. 
ECS i in a 41:5 per cent. :| Weer ise. 30 6:s's ath ome 2 per cent. 
THLOYSO) | 0s) o sie 5s 21 55 Manamothigy.4 11s. ek 2. ah 
BOB reais aie s cisays’ Sie 145, Megaceros ........ Al ee 
Rhinoceros ...... 9 “ N Yoyo eee ieee eee Destine 
1 thc): <2 a oe ee 4:5 re MAGN Fi ro aah Bice atte 1s ' 
PASS cic a es ete i> je 2 ere Machairodus ...... 1 tooth only. 
It is perhaps worthy of remark that in the Long Arcade, as elsewhere so 
far as the exploration has extended, wherever Cave-earth presented itself 
there also were remains of the Hyxna found, and in greater numbers than 
those of any other kind of mammal. Nor were his teeth and bones the only 
indications of his presence in the Arcade; for, to say nothing of the fact that 
some of the remains found with his were gnawed, nearly 40 “ finds” of his 
coprolites were met with. They sometimes, though rarely, consisted of a 
solitary ball, whilst at others upwards of 20 were lying together and not un- 
frequently cemented into considerable lumps. Occasionally the amount of 
