260 proceedings of the geological society. [feb. 4, 



February 4, 1863. 



William Babington, Esq., and Clement Le Neve Foster, Esq., 

 Geological Survey of Great Britain, 28 Jermyn Street, S.W., were 

 elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On a Hy.ena-den at Wookey Hole, near Wells. No. II. By 

 W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., B.A. Oxon., F.G.S., of the Geological 

 Survey of Great Britain. 



Contents. 



I. Introduction. 

 II. Excavation of the Cave. 



1. The Antrum. 



2. The Passage B. 



3. The Passage C. 



4. The Passage D. 



5. The Vertical Passage E. 



6. The Physical Features of the 



Cave. 

 III. Organic Remains. 

 A. General Review. 



1. Table showing the distribution 



of the Bones. 



2. Table showing the distribution 



of the Jaws and Teeth. 



3. Introduction of the Organic 



Remains into the Cave. 



4. Position of some of the Re- 



mains. 



5. Introduction of Red Earth. 

 B. Special description. 



1. Jaws and Teeth of Carnivora. 



2. Perissodactyla. 



3. Artiodactyla. 



4. Proboscidea. 



IV. Results of the Excavations. 



1 . The ancient Physical Geogra- 



phy of the district. 



2. Evidences of Human Occupa- 



tion. 



3. Conclusion. 



§ I. Introduction. 



Feeling certain that the results of my former imperfect excavation 

 of the Wookey Hole Hyama-den, already brought before the Society*, 

 were but tho earnest of further discoveries, I, together with Mr. 

 James Parker, of Oxford, and Mr. Henry Catt, of Brighton, deter- 

 mined to explore the cave thoroughly, and to convey its contents 

 completely out. This we were enabled to do in April and May last, 

 by the conrtesy of its owner, Mr. Hodgekinson. 



§ II. Excavation of the Cave. 



1. The Antrum. — We commenced by completely clearing out the 

 large antrum or entrance-hall (see fig. 1). On the left-hand side, 

 and near the entrance, we discovered teeth of Ursus spelceus, Mam- 

 moth, Hycena spelcea, and especially of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, which 

 greatly predominated over the rest. Associated with these were 

 numerous implements and a few ashes of bone. The area where 

 these were found is represented in the ground-plan (a, fig. 1). As 

 we dug our way towards the vertical passage F (see figs. 1 and 3), we 

 found that the cave extended between it and the left lateral branch 

 A. Here a tusk of Elephas primigenius was discovered, about 2 feet 

 5 inches in length, and greatly incurved. Its position is shown by 

 the transverse section (fig. 2). 



* Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xviii. p. 115. 



