Plunkett — On tlte Exploration of the Knochninny Care. 467 



The cave penetrates an escarpment in the south-west side of the 

 hill, and has an altitude of about 330 feet above the adjoining valley. 

 Leaving the road in the valley which surrounds the base of the hill, we 

 ascended a steep acclivity towards the east entrance of the cave, which 

 opens into an indentation in the face of the rock (fig. 1). On reaching 



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it I made a careful examination of the rock adjoining the entrance, 

 and found that through atmospheric agencies several feet at the 

 entrance had crumbled away. Seeing this, I ordered the men to 

 commence digging on a grassy slope, fully six feet outside the door of 

 the cave. After removing a quantity of debris, and blocks of stone, 

 we found charcoal, some human remains, also bones of animals. Dig- 

 ging a little deeper, the oidginal floor of the cave was laid bare — 

 I mean when it extended nearly six feet further out. After clearing 

 away this accumulated stuff towards the entrance, I found from the 

 depth the cave-earth presented, when we had penetrated a little inside, 

 that, although the cave appeared small, yet when excavated, it 



