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and these are usually catalogued as soon as they are brought to our notice. Since 

 the services of our regular draughtsman have been dispensed with, the Committee 

 have entrusted the preparation of the cards to Miss L. Chitty. 



It has been found impossible this year to obtain the assistance of a voluntary 

 worker to sketch the remaining specimens in the British Museum, while the Evans 

 Collection was not available until the beginning of this year. Owing to the absence 

 of the Secretary abroad no arrangements were made to draw and measure these, but 

 quite recently a lady has been found who is prepared to undertake this work. As 

 she will require remuneration for her services, the Committee ask to be allowed to 

 retain their unexpended balance, which amounts to £37 3s. 4d. 



Early in the year the Society of Antiquaries placed at the disposal of the Com- 

 mittee the use of a small room in which to place their catalogue, and the Committee 

 have taken this opportunity of purchasing the necessary cabinets and cupboards in 

 which to store the cards, the original sketches and all correspondence relating to the 

 work, as well as a stock of cards to meet their needs in the immediate future. 



Kent's Cavern, Torquay. — Report of Committee appointed to co-operate 

 with the Torquay Natural History Society in investigating Kent's Cavern 

 (Sir A. Keith, Chairman ; Prof. J. L. Myres, Secretary ; Mr. G. A. 

 Garfitt, Prof. W. J. Sollas, Mr. Mark L. Sykes). 



A. Operations, November 1927-JMwe 1928. 



Bad weather conditions have seriously interfered with the excavations this season. 

 For some weeks after snow fell at Christmas sorting was impossible, and the old 

 workings were perforce temporarily abandoned. It was not until March that work 

 could be resumed in the Vestibule, and the deposits in the N.E. Gallery were not 

 really fit to sort at the end of May. Owing to these conditions, and the relatively 

 barren nature of the lower deposits in the Vestibule, we have little to report this 

 year of scientific interest. 



The N.E. Gallery. — No definite results were obtained here during the autumn 

 campaign, and no flints were found. 



The Vestibule. — In this chamber the trench was eventually taken down to rock 

 bottom at just over 23 feet, where water-worn rocks were revealed descending into 

 a fissure too narrow for work. Scanty remains of the usual cave fauna continued 

 to the bottom, and there has been no change in the character of the infilling. Not a 

 single fragment of flint or worked bone has been found below 15 feet. Very large 

 fallen blocks of limestone rest here on a base of cave earth and shattered rock, which 

 would require much labour to remove. But it does not appear likely that there 

 would be anything to gain in doing so. 



The Gallery.— While waiting for the deposits in the old workings to dry, it was 

 decided to sound this small chamber, which opens out of the W. wall of the Great 

 Chamber. Here Pengelly had revealed an interesting sequence of deposits in 1866 : — 



5. Stalagmite floor ..... to 3 feet 



4. Void space . . . . . .6 inches to 4 feet 



3. Granular Stalagmite . . . . .3 inches to 2 feet 



2. Cave Earth . . . . . .2 feet, incorporating 



broken Stalagmite 



1. Sandy Grit ...... 2 feet or more 



and had reported a few bones, one of them burnt, from the basal deposit of sandy 

 grit. Elsewhere in the S.W. chamber Pengelly had reported a similar sandy grit 

 in a clearer sequence : — 



4. Granular Stalagmite 



3. Crystalline Stalagmite 



2. Breccia, incorporating broken slabs of Stalagmite 

 1. Sandy Grit 



