346 MK. H. N. DAV1ES ON THE DISCOVEEY OF [Aug. 1904, 



The animal-remains found in the cave-earth of fissure g 

 belonged entirely to the horse; and all the hollow bones had 

 "been splintered for the marrow. The proprietor assures me that 

 the bones and teeth of extinct mammals now placed in his col- 

 lection were found in the cave-earth of the vestibule. These 

 include Ursus spelceus, Hyo&na spelaea, Felis spelcea, Rhinoceros ticho- 

 rhinus, Cervus megaceros (? ), Equus caballus, etc. As, however, i 

 is impossible to fix the exact position of these finds in the cave- 

 earth, and as they were not met with in fissure g, I feel that the 

 mammalian remains must not be relied upon to determine the age 

 of the human remains found in another part of the cavern. 



The leading features of this interesting discovery may be thus 

 summed up: — 



1. The skeleton was found embedded in the cave-earth near its 



upper surface. 



2. A bed of stalagmite of a chalky and laminated character 



covered the cave-earth, and both the cave-earth and 

 covering stalagmite of the fissure are identical 

 and continuous with those of other parts of the 

 cavern. 



3. Above the stalagmite-floor, which covered the cave-earth, 



a more recent accumulation of earth had been formed. 



4. Beneath the skeleton another bed of stalagmite, of a harder 



and semicrystalline character, was found ; and underneath 

 this a bed of sand and well-rounded pebbles. 



5. The skeleton was in a cramped position, such as would be 



assumed by a drowned man. 



6. The fissure is narrow, and was completely choked with the 



cave-earth and its under and upper beds of stalagmite. 

 The latter had never been disturbed, so that interment is 

 out of the question. 



7. The bones belonged to a man about 5 feet 5 inches in height, 



w T ith an exceptionally-thick dolichocephalic skull, slightly- 

 prognathous jaws, and rather prominent superciliary ridges. 



8. Flint-knives, scrapers, and borers are plentiful in the cave- 



earth of the vestibule and of fissure g. 



9. Bones and teeth of the horse only were found in the cave- 



earth of the fissure ; but the proprietors show teeth and 

 bones of extinct mammals, which they assert were taken 

 from the cave-earth in other parts of the cavern. 

 10. On comparing the form and workmanship of the flints and 

 the position in which they were found with those 

 figured by G. & A. de Mortillet in their ' Musee Prehistorique ' 

 1881, and classed by them as Solutreen and Magdalenien ; 

 and with specimens of undoubted Pleistocene age exhibited 

 in the British Museum, both at Bloomsbury and South 

 Kensington, as referred to previously : noting also that the 

 skeleton and implements were found in cave-earth under a 



