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discoverecT the ''unexpected rapidity" with whicli the surface is -wasted 

 by denudation, this "rapidity" amounts to 1 foot in 1500 years. 

 Denudation yaries exceedingly, and there is evidence in this locality 

 that the denuding forces were much more powerful formerly than at 

 present. 



1^0 matter from what side we view the evidence furnished by the 

 cave deposits and its environs, we must, I presume, be convinced that 

 the tribes whose relics I found in the lower stratum are of enormous 

 antiquity. 



By going into detail so much I may have extended this paper to a 

 weary length, but I thought it better to leave all the facts connected 

 with the exploration, together with a description of the physical features 

 of the surrounding cotintiy, before the Members of the Academy, and let 

 them foiTii theii' own conclusions. 



At the request of the Eev. Dr. Haughton, I forwarded the large cine- 

 rary urn to the Museum of the Academy, also its contents, together 

 with the fragments of pottery found in the cave. 



I am deeply indebted to the Eev. Dr. Haughton and Professor^ 

 Macalister for the appended Eeport on the human remains found iiL 

 the cave. 



Eepoex os^ the Boxes eotjxd zn the KxocEifixxT Cave. 



\st. Human Remcnns. 



A. — Deepest Series. Bones of an adult man of unusually large size, 

 including — 



1. Eight parietal, large fragment. 



2. Squama occipitis, ,, 



3. Eight temporal, complete. 



4. Left parietal, several fragments. 



5. Left squama temporis, fragment. 



6. Portion of frontal, glabellar region. 



7. Lower lateral incisor tooth. 



8. Lower left bicuspid tooth. 



9. Upper left third molar tooth. 



10. Lower left third molar tooth. 



11. Third rib. 



12. Piece of lower true rib. 



13. Eight malar. 



14. Left ulna, fragment. 



15. Eight second metacai-pal bone. 



16. Eight ischium, fragment. 



17. Left tibia, ,, 



18. Eight femur, ,, 



19. First phalanx of right hallux. 



