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explore.' (' Rep. Brit. Assoc' 1879, p. 147.) This portion, now known 

 as ' The Rocky Chamber,' is 56 feet long, about 28 feet in greatest breadth, 

 and about 13 feet in greatest height, which it attains near the centre. It 

 is ornamented with numerous striking stalagmites and stalactites, though 

 less profusely than the two small adjacent chambers described last year 

 (Ibid.) These have been left intact so far as possible, and will, no doubt, 

 in future render this Chamber the most attractive part of the Cavern to 

 ordinary visitors. 



The deposits in the first or western part of the chamber were the 

 well-known ' Breccia,' or oldest of the Cavern beds, with its characteristic 

 ' Crystalline Stalagmite ' overlying it immediately. Each of these 

 ' thinned out ' entirely before the centre of the Chamber was reached, and 

 the bare limestone floor lay exposed for a distance of 18 feet. Beyond 

 the centre another deposit presented itself, differing in character, not only 

 from the Breccia, but also from the less ancient ' Cave-earth,' being 

 more like the ordinary soil of cultivated ground, than either of them ; 

 there is no doubt, however, that it belonged to the Cave-earth era. It 

 was at first but a very thin layer, covered uniformly with a sheet of 

 ' Granular Stalagmite,' no more than a few inches thick ; but, as the 

 work advanced eastward, both the stalagmite and the deposit it covered 

 became gradually thicker, never, however, attaining a depth of four feet, 

 so that the limestone floor of the Cavern was laid bare in every sec- 

 tion. 



In the right wall as one enters the Chamber, and about midway in its 

 length, there is a very narrow crevice or slit in the limestone extending 

 obliquely from the roof to the floor. It contained no mechanical deposit 

 of any kind ; but what may be called its lower wall was lined with a thin 

 sheet of stalagmite. 



The exploration of the Rocky Chamber occupied about four months, 

 but the labour was not repaid with the discovery of any specimen of ranch 

 value. It is satisfactory, however, to have certainly ascertained whether 

 or not the deposits there contained anything of interest. The ' finds ' 

 met with were only five in number (Nos. 7,318 to 7,322), and may be 

 briefly described as below : — 



No. 7,318. Part of the skull of a large Hyasna, and a detached left 

 upper sectorial tooth belonging to the same species, probably the same 

 individual ; found in contact with the bottom of the Granular Stalagmitic 

 Floor, September 12, 1879. 



No. 7,319. Relics of Hy^na, consisting of the right upper sectorial 

 tooth ; the molar immediately in front of it ; the crown of a canine tooth, 

 the three upper left incisors still in part of the jaw ; the right outer upper 

 incisor ; and a fragment of skull. The whole were found on September 16, 

 1879, at thebottomof the Granular Stalagmite, and were not improbably 

 portions of the individual represented by the ' find ' No. 7,318, from which 

 they were about two feet distant. No. 7,319, however, included a few 

 fragments of bone belonging to some smaller species. 



No. 7,320. A piece of flint of nondescript form, from which several 

 flakes had been dislodged. It was 2-4 inches long, lv5 inch in greatest 

 breadth, 1 inch in greatest thickness, unrolled, the edges tolerably sharp, 

 apparently non-utilized, and having a chalky texture. It was found in 

 the fourth foot-level below the Granular Stalagmite, without any object of 

 interest near it, on September 25, 1879. 



No. 7,321. Skull of Sheep, with eight teeth, and an axis of probably 



