met with in the red loam, some of them loose and detached, 
others of small size and incorporated in the breccia composed of 
loam, stones, and comminute ne. 
ention has been made already of the occurrence in the cave- 
earth of rounded stones not derivable from the limestone hill in 
which the cavern is situated. It seems probable that at least 
some of them were selected and taken there by man; though it 
may not be easy, perhaps, to determine in all cases for what 
purpose. But, waiving this point, there are two stones which 
must not be hastily dismissed. The first of them is 4% inches 
long, and something less than one inch square in the section. 
It is a mass of hard purplish-grey grit, and is undoubtedly a 
whetstone, or rather a portion of one. It was found in the first 
Which lay an enormous block of limestone, but no stalagmite. 
In addition to the pleasure which always attends scientific dis- 
y differences 
ade and those of the 
earlier investigators arise from defective, not conflicting evidence. 
For example, the committee have not yet been so fortunate as 
