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graphs, which gave a vivid idea of the magnitude and beauty of 

 this remarkable cave. The explorers had in many instances to 

 wriggle their way along the ground, and force themselves through 

 the narrow apertures leading from one part to another. The 

 different galleries are called by distinctive names, according to the 

 variety of animal remains found in each. The list of animal 

 remains discovered in the caves up to the present include 

 Mammoth, Bear, Wolf, Hyaena, Norwegian and Arctic Lemmings, 

 Irish Elk, Reindeer, Fox, Hare, Rabbit, and a few bones of birds. 

 Slides were shown of Reindeer skulls gnawed by Hyaenas, jaw of 

 Hyaena, this being the first evidence of this animal ever found in 

 Ireland in conjunction with Arctic animals ; jaws and bones of 

 Lemmings, and the jaw of a baby Mammoth. 



Mr. W. H. Gallway dealt with the Archaeology of the districts 

 visited, and was able to increase the interest in the subject by 

 showing slides of Round Towers, Churches, Castles, Forts, &c, 

 and the famous Myrtle Grove, the home of Sir Walter Raleigh at 

 Youghal. Ardmore, nine miles from Youghal, contains an 

 interesting group of ruins, consisting of a Round Tower and the 

 remains of a Cathedral, Church, and Oratory, also a Holy Well, 

 all more or less connected with St. Declan, who began his 

 missionary work in the year 402. The Cathedral and Church 

 contain some remarkable sculptures and a few headstones, with 

 Ogham writings. The Cathedral is supposed to have been erected 

 in the fourteenth century on the site of an older structure believed 

 to have been built by St. Colman, who died in 604. Views were 

 shown of the different ruins and also of the fine Cromleac at 

 Castlemary ; the large fiat stone of the latter measured 15 feet in 

 length and 8 feet in breadth. Mr. Gallway also showed numerous 

 slides, and gave brief descriptions of the many charming spots 

 visited during Conference week, such as the beautiful scenery to be 

 seen in the sail down to Queenstown ; Youghal, and Kinsale, with 

 their quaint old-world houses, Inchigeela, the Gearagh, a curious 

 maze of the River Lee, views in Cork, &c. 



