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The following is the list of species determined by M. Lartet, 

 together with the approximate number of individuals belong- 

 ing to each : 



Number of individual 



1. Cave Bear ( TIrsus spelceus) 5 6 



2. Brown Bear ( U. arctos ?) 1 



3. Badger (Meles taxus) 1 2 



4. Polecat (Putorim vulgaris) ' 1 



5. Cave Lion (Felts spelcea) 1 



6. Wild Cat (F. catus) ... 1 



7. Hyaena (Hycena spelcea) 5 6 



8. Wolf (Canis Lupus) 3 



9. Fox (C, wipes) , 1820 



10. Mammoth (Etephas primigenius) . 



Two molars and an astragalus 



11. Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) ... 1 



12. Horse (Equus caballus) 1 2 1 5 



13. Ass?* (E. asinus) , 1 



14. Boar (Sus scrofa). Two incisors 



15. Stag (Cervus elaphus) 1 



16. Irish Elk (Megacero$ hibernicus) . 1 



17. Roe ((71 capreolus) 3 4 



18. Reindeer (C. tarandus) 10 12 



19. Aurochs (Bison Europceus) . . 12 15 



Some of these were found in the grotto, others outside ; the 

 latter had been gnawed by some large carnivorous animal, no 

 doubt the hyaena, coprolites of which were found among the 

 ashes. On the other hand, the bones inside the cave were 

 untouched, from which M. Lartet concludes that after the 

 funeral feasts, hyaenas came and devoured all that had been 

 left by the men, but that they could not effect an entrance 

 into the cave on account of the large block of stone by which 



* There must surely be some mistake about this species. The query is in the 

 original. 



