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charcoal were fi-cqucnt. The most numerous bones found arc 

 those of the Water-vole, which appears to have been the favou- 

 rite food of the larger carnivora, Badger and Fox, as well as 

 numerous bones of birds. 



The Cave examined by us is situated about one hundred and 

 foi-ty feet above the present sea-level on the north-east escarp of 

 the hill, and about fifteen feet from the top. It was entirely 

 concealed by debris, which was overgrown by the regular her- 

 bage of the cliff, so that no outward signs of it were visible, 

 and it was not till the workmen had removed a large quantity 

 of loose rubble fallen from the cliff that the entrances of the 

 caves were seen. 



The general appearance presented by the first-discovered Cave 

 much resembles caves cut by the sea in similar rock at its present 

 level. The height of the principal entrance was rather more 

 than six feet when the earth had been removed from the marly 

 floor. It ran nearly west into the hill side, bifurcating at the 

 far end into two branches, ^ear the entrance on the north side, 

 another Cave branched off in a north-westerly direction from the 

 main Cave, and a low outlet to this portion existed in the front. 

 This branch was on a slightly higher level than tlie main Cave, 

 and behind the pillar separating the two in front the most nume- 

 rous remains of the small carnivora, birds, and fisli bones, were 

 found. 



Tlie second Cave, in which most of the human remains were 

 discovered, was not seen by us, unfortunately. It was separated 

 by about five feet from the first Cave to the south, and at the 

 time of our fii st visit was concealed from view by a mass of debris 

 from the weatliering of the rocks above. The Caves had been 

 worked out by the sea from softer material tlian the surrounding 

 beds, and the bottom of both C'aves was of soft, marly, yellow 

 limestone. There was no accumulation of water- worn pebbles 

 in the bed of the Cave; but the thick deposit of cave-earth, 

 rather more than two feet, rested upon the marly limestone. It 

 was of a reddisli appearance, and rather fatty to look at, but 

 when dried readily left tlie specimen. 



Some of the lai-ger bones were scattered in a very irregular 



