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flint flakes and chips. With them was a portion of an iron hammer, which, 

 on becoming useless, MacEaery or his workmen had no doubt thrown away. 

 Omitting those of Bear, at least some of which belonged to the era of the 

 Breccia as already stated, the teeth may be distributed as in the following 

 Table :— 



Table I. — Showing how many per cent, of the 

 turbed material in the Long Arcade belonged 

 Cave Mammals. 



Teeth found in the dis- 

 to the diff'erent kinds of 



Hyaena 70 per cent. 



Horse 10 „ 



Rhinoceros 10 „ 



Deer 3 ,, 



Ox 8 per cent. 



Elephant 1-5 „ 



Fox 1-5 „ 



The flint flakes mentioned above were of little value when compared with 

 many found in the Cave-earth. 



Up to the end of August 1873, the Cave-earth which the Committee found 

 intact in the Long Arcade had yielded, when the few mentioned in the Eighth 

 Report (1872) are included, about 280 teeth, which may be apportioned as in 



the following Table : — 



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

 the Long Arcade belonged to the difl'erent kinds of Cave Mammals. 



Hyaena . .\ 40 per cent. 



Horse 24 „ 



Rhinoceros 11 „ 



Bear 9 „ 



Fox 5 „ 



Pig 3 „ 



Deer 2-5 per cent. 



Megaceros 1'5 „ 



Elephant 1-5 „ 



Dog? 1-5 „ 



Lion 1-0 „ 



Machairodus only 1 incisor. 



On comparing the foregoing Tables with those in previous Reports, the 

 following facts present themselves : — 



1st. That Hyaena is everywhere the most prevalent animal of the Cave- 

 earth era, and is followed by the Horse and Rhinoceros without any consider- 

 able variation in their ratios. 



2ud. That the Bear is relatively more prevalent in the Long Arcade than 

 in any other part of the cavern explored by the Committee. 



3rd. That teeth of Wolf, Badger, Rabbit, Reindeer, and Sheep * — all of 

 which presented themselves in the various branches of the Eastern Division 

 of the cavern — have not hitherto been met with in the Long Arcade. 



None of the animal remains found in the Cave-earth during the last twelve 

 months require detailed description or special remark. Many of the bones 

 had been gnawed by the Hyaena ; some were much decayed ; a few small 

 fragments had been burnt ; and one (a phalanx) exhibited marks of disease. 

 The few remains of the Mammoth were those of immature animals ; one 

 canine of Lion (No. 6020) was worn almost to the fang ; and a right lower 

 jaw of Pig (No. 6098)t, found March 26, 1873, without any other specimen 

 near it, contained eight teeth, some of which had not risen quite above the jaw. 



Including the two (Nos. 5819 and 5829) mentioned in the Eighth Report 

 (1872), the Cave-earth in the Long Arcade has, up to the end of August 



* The remains of Sheep are probably such as had been recently introduced by foxes and 

 other animals frequenting the cavern, 

 t This specimen has a very fresh aspect. 



