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of the jaws while the teeth remained perfectly sound ; though, in 

 the main, as in the case of the solid bones, their rejection by the 

 Hysenas was the main canse. One jaw, which I did not see dug 

 out, is stated by the workmen to have been found in two por- 

 tions, the one at least a foot from the other, in the undisturbed 

 matrix. Supposing this to be true (and the fracture of the parts 

 appears to be old), I have had the satisfaction of putting together 

 what the Hyaenas left dissociated, and additional testimony is afforded 

 that the contents of the cave were never subjected to violent watery 

 action. This was found about 13 feet from the entrance, and at a 

 considerable depth from the roof. Fragments of bone are poKshed 

 by the tread of the Hysenas, as at Kirkdale. 



The absence of the Water-rat and Hippopotamus from these re- 

 mains seems to indicate that the cave was further removed from a 

 river or lake than the Hj'Sena-den at Kirkdale. 



In conclusion, I will only add that, after carefully weighing the 

 facts of the case, on the site of our excavation, I cannot but infer, 

 from the evidence afforded by this cave alone, that Man was a con- 

 temporary of the gigantic Ursus speloeus, the Hyaena, the Mammoth, 

 and their congeners ; and I feel convinced that the cave was filled 

 -with its present contents, not by a violent cataclysm, but by the or- 

 dinary operations of nature now, as then, in progress; with this 

 difference only, that the remains of Foxes and Badgers are now being 

 entombed in the caverns still open in the district, instead of the 

 extinct preglacial fauna. 



List of Mammalian Remains. 

 CAENTVORA. 



Hy^enid^. Hycpna sjpelcea, 4 jaws, 49 teeth, left ilium, 2 metacarpals, 



portion of right rib, and right maxillary. 

 Canid^. Canis vulpes, 4 humeri, 3 ulnse, 5 tibiae, left radius. 



Cams lupus, right maxilla with P. M. 4 and incisors 2, right humerus. 

 Ursid^. Ursus spelceus, 3 molars, 2 canines, left humerus. 



PERISSODACTYLA. 



SoLiDUNGULA. Equus, OS calcis, 4 astragali, metacarpal, metatarsal, distal 

 end of tibia, upwards of 70 molars, 7 incisors, one canine. 



MuLTUNGULA. Rkinoceros tichorhinus^ 3 proximal ends of ulnse, astragalus, 

 phalanges, 29 molars. 



ARTIODACTYLA. 



BoviD/E. Bos 'primigenius, 2 ossa calcis (right), astragalus, phalanx, portion 



of shaft of femur, scapho-cuboid, 2 molars. 

 CertidvE. Teeth, antlers, and various fragments. 



Megaceros Hlbernicus, 7 molars, fragment of jaw containing M. 1, 2, 3. 



Cervus Sucklcmdi, 2 antlers (skull?). 



C. Guettardi, 2 antlers. 



C. Tarandus (?), (skuU?), (antler?). 



C. Dama (?), fragments of antlers. 

 Proboscidia. 



Elephas primigenius, 2 second molars, portion of tusk, innumerable splin- 

 ters. 



