64 EEPORT— 1880. 



the same individual. Found November 27, 1879, lying on, but unattached 

 to, the sheet of stalagmite in the ■wall-crevice or slit mentioned above. 



No. 7,322. The two rami of lower jaw of Wolf (?) or Dog (?), found 

 November 27, 1879, embedded in, but not covered with the sheet of 

 stalagmite in the wall-crevice or slit mentioned above. One of them was 

 lying across the other, and together they contained twelve teeth, most of 

 them worn considerably. 



Second, that is deeper, Excavation, in the Long Arcade. — When the 

 Committee began the exploration in March 1865, it was decided to make 

 a first excavation from end to end, limited everywhere to the depth of 

 4 feet below the bottom of the Stalagmitic Floor ; on the completion of this, 

 to begin, at the entrance where gi'onnd was first broken, a second, that 

 is a deeper excavation, and proceed in the same order as before through 

 the entire Cavern. The first or 4-feet excavation was completed on Novem- 

 ber 27, 1879, when the exploration of the Rocky Chamber was finished. 

 Every chamber, and gallery, and recess large enough for a man to work 

 in — several of which bad been discovered during the progress of the work 

 — had been thoroughly excavated and explored, and the entire extent and 

 character of the Cavern to the depth just mentioned, was perfectly known 

 to the Superintendents, as well as to the workmen. 



Excepting the Rocky Chamber and portions of one or two small 

 narrow recesses, a limestone floor had nowhere been reached by the 

 excavators, so that it was impossible to say what was the extent and 

 character of the Cavern at lower depths, or what might be contained in 

 the deposits still occupying them. 



The Committee had by no means lost sight of the original idea of a 

 second, that is deeper, excavation ; nor were they unmindful of the fact 

 that the work would be incomplete without it; but, bearing in mind that 

 the exploration had already absorbed the continuous daily labour of nearly 

 sixteen years, at a cost to the funds of the Association of 1,850Z. — a result 

 greatly in excess of the first rough estimate — they came reluctantly to the 

 conclusion, during the meeting at Sheffield in 1879, that the time had 

 very nearly ari'ived for closing the work, and that they would apply for 

 but one further grant of no more than 50L, with the definite statement 

 that it was ' for the purpose oi finishing the exploration.' 



Though the Geological Section, to which it was at once communicated, 

 acquiesced in this conclusion, it called forth a strong and general expres- 

 sion of opinion that it was eminently desirable to lay bare the limestone 

 floor in at least some part of the Cavern, as well as to ascertain whether 

 or not the large mass of deposit still unexcavated contained any animal 

 relics or human industrial remains ; and Professor W. C. Williamson, of 

 Owens College, Manchester, suggested that subscriptions from private 

 sources might not improbably be made so as to carry on the work for at 

 least one additional year ; and he expressed the hope that the suggestion 

 would be kept in mind by the members of the Section, so that it might 

 have some practical issue at the meeting of the Association, at Swansea, 

 in 1880. 



As soon as the entire 4-feet excavation was finished, the Superinten- 

 dents, having a small portion of the 50Z. grant still in hand, resolved to 

 begin the deeper work, and for that purpose they selected a spot a little 

 within the outer or northern end of ' The Long Arcade ' (see ' Reps. 

 Brit. Assoc' 1872, pp. 44-47 ; 1873, pp. 198-207; 1874, pp. 3-6). This 



