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and Taxonomy. The Committee therefore hope that they have made a 

 useful step in the required direction and desire to place on record their 

 appreciation of the encouragement and aid they have received from the 

 Secretariats of the Sections concerned. 



KENT'S CAVERN. 



Report of Committee appointed to co-operate with the Torquay Antiquarian 

 Society hi investigating Kent's Cavern (Sir A. Keith, F.R.S., Chair- 

 man ; Prof. J. L. Myres, O.B.E., F.B.A., Secretary ; Mr. M. C. 

 BuRKiTT, Miss D. A. E. Garrod, Mr. A. D. Lacaille). 



Report on Excavations at Kent's Cavern. 



The following report has been received from the excavators : — 



' The season 1936-7 lasted from September 15, 1936, to March 29, 1937, 

 and excavating work was carried on in the " Vestibule " during forty-eight 

 days. On December 28 the searching party had the assistance of Prof. 

 R. Ruggles Gates, F.R.S. The area in which digging was continued was much 

 the same as last year, but the excavators were successful in penetrating to 

 a depth about 30 ft. below the datum line, which is about 8 ft. lower than 

 was reached last season. On the way down, several large limestone rocks 

 were met, which had to be broken up and removed as the work progressed ; 

 but fortunately it was found that more mammalian remains than usual were 

 discovered at the lowest point. Flints have been rather scarce, only one 

 of the Levallois type and a few Aurignacian being discovered. Teeth and 

 bones have both been numerous, the remains of hyena being especially in 

 evidence, outnumbering even those of the horse, the most outstanding 

 being the skull of an adult hyena with twelve teeth in position ; a pre-ante- 

 penultimate milk molar of a mammoth with the grinding surface well worn, 

 also a true molar weighing two pounds and a portion of the mandible of a 

 very young mammoth, including the symphysis ; the left ramus of a bison's 

 jaw, which is believed to be the longest jaw ever found in the Cavern ; large 

 portions of jaws of Irish deer ; a distal pair of vestigial metacarpals, and 

 part of the sternum of a reindeer ; but the most interesting find was a large 

 piece of the palmate portion of a deer's antler, found at a depth of nearly 

 30 ft., which is not yet identified, although it presents certain features similar 

 to some antlers of reindeer.' 



(Signed) Arthur H. Ogilvie, E. H. Rogers, B. N. Tebbs. 



The Committee asks to be reappointed, with a further grant. 



