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VI. — Edenvalk Caves, Co. Clare. — Final Report. By Dr. E. F. 

 ScHARFF (Chairman), Mr. R. L. Praeger (Secretary), and 



A COBIMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE IrISH CaVES. (Drawn 



up by the Chairman.) ^ 



SINCE our last report was submitted to the British Association, 

 Mr. Ussher has completed the excavations of the extensive 

 caves of Edenvale, co. Clare, and sent altogether a collection of 

 more than 50,000 bones to be named. Besides these there were 

 flints and implements used by primitive man and relics of various 

 periods, on which it is proposed to submit a detailed report to the 

 Royal Irish Academy during next winter. 



Mr. Ussher has explored other districts of Ireland with the view 

 to continuing the cave researches, but this Committee do not propose 

 to apply for a further grant. 



The Edenvale remains have not been fully determined, but so far 

 they have yielded the following species : — 



Man (Homo scqnens). 

 Bats (several species). 

 Hedgehog {Erinaceus europcens). 

 Domestic Cat (Felis domestiea). 

 Wild Cat {Felis caligata). 

 Dog [Ganis familiaris) . 

 Fox ( Vulpes alopex). 

 Irish Stoat {Putorius hihernicus) 

 Marten {Mustela martes). 

 Bear ( Ursiis arctos) . 

 Badger {Ifeles taxus). 

 Arctic Hare {Lepus thnidus). 

 Eahbit {Lepus cuniculus). 

 Irish Eat {Mus hibernicus). 

 Field Mouse [Mtis si/lvaticiis) . 



Arctic Lemming [Bicrostonyx torquatus) . 



Domestic Ox {Bos taurus). 



Domestic Sheep {Ovis aries). 



Domestic Goat {Capra mgagrufi). 



Domestic Pig {Sus scrofa domestiea). 



"Wild Pig [Sus scrofa f ems). 



Red Deer {Cervus elaplms). 



Giant Deer {Megaceros giganteus). 



Reindeer [Rangifer tarandns). 



Horse {Equus cabcMus). 



Birds (many species). 



Frog [Rana teniporaria) . 



Fishes (several species). 



Land Mollusca (many species) . 



VII. — Brief Notices. 



1. Peat Moors of the Pennines. — In an article entitled "Peat 

 Moors of the Pennines : their Age, Origin, and Utilization " 

 {Geographical Journal, May, 1904), Mr. C. E. Moss remarks that 

 the Pennine peat moors represent a valuable asset which is turned 

 to little account: not only is there enormous value in products 

 manufactured from peat, but he believes there is fuel enough to last 

 the hillside population for a thousand years. 



2. Najas in the Peat. — Mr. Clement Reid records the occurrence 

 of Najas marina in the Megaceros - marl of Lough Gur [Irish 

 Naturalist, vol. xiii). This little "submerged flowering plant" is 

 known to exist in Britain only at a single spot in Hickling Broad, 

 in Norfolk. It is found in the Cromer Forest-bed Series, and in 



^ Abstract of report read before the British Association, Cambridge, Section G 

 (Geology), August, 1904. 



