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In 1833, human bones were found, together with those of 

 JJrsus spelceus; U. angzistidens, Hyena, and a Feline not much 

 le^s than a lion, Elephant, &c, were detected in caves near 

 Luge, beneath a thick coat of stalagmite. About the same 

 period, the Rev. Mr. M'Enery collected from the caves of Tor- 

 quay human bones and flint knives, amongst a great variety of 

 extinct species, such as Elephant, Rhinoceros, Ursus a?ignsti- 

 dens, Hyena, &c, all from under a crust of stalagmite; and 

 reposing upon it was the head of a Wolf. 



Before that period, and repeatedly since, caves have been 

 opened by quarrymen, at Oreston, near Plymouth, several of 

 which had bones, such as Elephant, Rhinoceros, Ox, Horse, 

 Hyena, and abundant coprolites, denoting that they had been 

 the dens of Carnivora. Among them we detected the upper 

 portion of the humerus of man, which was immediately thrown 

 away upon being pointed out to the possessor ! * Other cav- 

 erns exist in the Plymouth Hoe; and, no doubt, also beneath 

 the present level of the sea, for several teeth of Elephants have 

 been washed up by the surf. Other deposits have been found 

 at Yeahn bridge, and most of the bones applied to mend the 

 roads, before scientific men had notice of the discovery. Those 

 at Kitley, we believe, have not been disturbed ; but eastward, 

 human bones, with their usual accompaniments, have been col- 

 lected from a cave near Brixham, by the Rev. Mr. Lyte and 

 Mr. Bartlett. There were, in this deposit, shreds of pottery, 

 like those of the caverns of Bize, in France ; and it is said the 

 locality bore evidence of smoke, which renders it probable that 

 it had once been inhabited by troglodyte savages. Fragments 

 of pottery were discovered by Captain MAdam, in the escarp- 

 ment of calcareous breccia, at least 200 feet above the level of 

 the sea, and. about 100 beneath the vertex, five miles north of 



*This is not the only instance of the kind. Collectors, in the plenitude 

 of ignorance and prepossession, determined that human bones were of no 

 consequence. — See Appendix. 



