5 8 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



till they reached what they considered the lowest part of the deposits due to 



human agency. On 29th September, when arriving early in the morning, 



the greater portion of that work had been accomplished, the workmen having 



reached a bed of agglomerate, which they considered the bottom of the cave, 



for our purpose, or at least reaching to the earliest beginning of human 

 occupancy. 



digging* V my direction, through this agglomerate for a considerable 

 distance down into the sands below it without any proof of human presence 

 being obtained, I also reluctantly, at least for the present, gave up any 

 further work below it. 



Sections Nos. 1 and 2 (PI. I.) give the details of the excavations then 

 performed. At the centre of the cave, where the two trenches crossed, I noted 

 the following secpience : 



1 . Shell beds, consisting of the remains of the following species, now 



still inhabiting the estuary : — Chione stutchburyi (cockle) 

 huai or pipi ; Mesodesma chemnitzii, pipi ; Amphibola avellana 

 (periwinkle) hetikutiku ; Mytilus smaragdimis (mussel), kuku 



2. Ash bed with some pieces of flax, cabbage tree leaves, charred wood, 



6 t'C# * * - 



1 10 



••• ••• ••• III 



I • • 



8 



3. Bed consisting of shells, often very much decomposed, the same 



species as No. 1 



• • • • • • 



1 2 



4 11 



4. Ash and dirt bed, with a few pieces of Moa bones ... ... 9 



5. Agglomeratic beds, consisting of pieces of rocks fallen from the roof G 



This latter deposit rested upon 

 G. Marine sands, in which I had dug down 3 feet without results. 



Between 3 and 4 a sharp line of demarcation was clearly visible, which, 

 as the continuation of the excavations showed, was of great importance. 



European beds do not appear as occurring on the surface at this point, as 

 they had been previously cleared away by the workmen. 



Near the entrance of the cave the following beds were passed in the 

 longitudinal trench (see Tl. I, sec. 1). 



1. Beds of European occupation, cow-dung, tins, pieces of 



Ft. In. 



bottles, etc. ... 



• • • • • i • • 



2. Shell beds 



3. Ash beds 



4. Shell beds 



'"♦ ••• ••• •»« ••• 



"'" ••• ••• ••• # . . 



ood 



••• »•• ••• 



9 



2 3 



5 



1 4 

 C 



6. Shell beds, often very much decomposed, with small chips 



of timber, and thin beds of ashes between them, about 3 



(Lowest portion of No. 6 not reached. ) 8 3 



