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the other a southern division projected northwards from 

 Mauritania, through Spain and France, comprising the 

 existing African Elephant, the existing two-horned Rhi- 

 noceros (Bh. bicornis), the Lion, Panther, two existing 

 Hyaenas, Hog, Antelope, Porcupine, &c. .M. Lartet affirms 

 that Elephant remains from the Quaternary deposits of 

 Spain, which had been examined by him, belong " indubita- 



blement a l'Elephant actuel d'Afrique et au Rhinoceros 

 bicorne vivant aujourd'hui dans la partie australe de ce 

 meme continent." M. Gervais has described Rhinoceros 

 remains from the Cave of Lunel Viel, under the name of 

 Rhinoceros Lunellensis, which he affirms are hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from those of the existing two-horned species, 

 the agreement of the teeth being almost complete. 1 M. 

 Lartet states that certain Rhinoceros molars from Kirkdale 

 exhibit the same line of resemblance. 



' I have been induced by these circumstances to bring the 

 case of the new Brixham Cavern to the notice of the Council. 



' Tour obedient servant, 



(Signed) ' H. Falconer.' 



II. Report op Progress in the Brixham Cave. 



Sept. 9, 1858. 



Having lately made a joint inspection of the ' Windmill 

 Hill Cavern,' at Brixham, we think it may be of interest to 

 the London committee to know our opinion of the progress 

 already made in the excavations, and of the probable pro- 

 spective results. 



We examined the cavern in company with Mr. Pengelly, 

 F.G.S., under whose zealous superintendence the operations 

 are conducted, and of Dr. John Percy, F.R.S., who during 

 his residence at Torquay has taken an active and lively 

 interest in the exploration. Most of the points to be noticed 

 in the sequel were freely discussed among us, and there was 

 but little difference of opinion as to the bearing of the 

 observations, and the best plan of carrying on the work for 

 the future. 



1. Extent of the Cavern. — The accompanying ground-plan, 

 by Professor Ramsay (fig. 3), exhibits the extent and ramifi- 

 cations of the cave already ascertained. When the first 

 discovery was made in April of the present year, only the 

 'Dyer's Entrance' (A), and the 'Reindeer Gallery' (E E), 

 leading in from it in a SS. Easterly direction, were then 



1 See antca, p. 309.— [Ed.] 



