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  E. 
  L. 
  JONES 
  ON 
  THE 
  EXPLORATION 
  OE 
  TWO 
  

  

  tolerably 
  plentiful 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  obtained 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  bones 
  

   of 
  this 
  creature. 
  

  

  The 
  Hippopotamus 
  (?) 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  no 
  very 
  reliable 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  teeth 
  whatever. 
  This 
  last 
  fact, 
  viz. 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  the 
  teeth, 
  seems 
  to 
  throw 
  additional 
  doubt 
  on 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  

   placing 
  the 
  Hippopotamus 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  cave. 
  

  

  The 
  Elk 
  (Cervus 
  alces'l) 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  teeth, 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  jaws 
  and 
  antlers, 
  aud 
  a 
  few 
  bones. 
  

  

  The 
  Red 
  Deer 
  and 
  Roe 
  Deer 
  (C. 
  elaplius 
  and 
  0. 
  capreolus) 
  w 
  T 
  ere 
  

   also 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  cave-earth. 
  

  

  The 
  Reindeer 
  (C. 
  tarandus) 
  was 
  plentifully 
  represented 
  by 
  teeth, 
  

   bones, 
  and 
  portions 
  of 
  antlers. 
  

  

  Tho 
  Cave-Bear 
  ( 
  Ursus 
  spelceus) 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  

   Carnivores, 
  being 
  represented 
  by 
  several 
  split 
  and 
  gnawed 
  bones, 
  

   and 
  by 
  several 
  fine 
  molars 
  and 
  canines 
  of 
  large 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  Cave-Lion 
  (Fells 
  spelasa) 
  was 
  only 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   a 
  fine 
  canine. 
  

  

  A 
  singular 
  fact 
  was 
  the 
  rarity 
  of 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Bos. 
  

   Only 
  three 
  teeth 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  cave 
  : 
  these 
  probably 
  belong 
  

   to 
  B. 
  primigenius. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  the 
  Wolf 
  and 
  Fox 
  (Canis 
  lupus 
  and 
  0. 
  vulpes) 
  must 
  

   be 
  added 
  to 
  this 
  list. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  discovery, 
  however, 
  was 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  two 
  

   flint 
  flakes, 
  evidently 
  chipped 
  by 
  man. 
  These 
  were 
  taken 
  out 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Laws 
  from 
  beneath 
  10 
  inches 
  of 
  stalagmite, 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  x 
  in 
  

   fig. 
  1 
  : 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  situ, 
  embedded 
  with 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Mammoth 
  

   and 
  Rhinoceros, 
  and 
  were 
  oxidized 
  to 
  a 
  white 
  colour. 
  Besides 
  these 
  

   we 
  found 
  several 
  bones 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  by 
  man, 
  one 
  

   appearing 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  for 
  an 
  awl. 
  We 
  have 
  therefore 
  the 
  

   satisfaction 
  of 
  placing 
  paleolithic 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  

   cave. 
  

  

  We 
  may 
  conclude 
  that 
  the 
  cave 
  was 
  a 
  hyaana-clen. 
  This 
  fact 
  is 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  teeth 
  and 
  coprolites 
  of 
  that 
  crea- 
  

   ture, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  bones 
  in 
  the 
  cave 
  bore 
  the 
  

   tooth-marks 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  animal 
  ; 
  while 
  no 
  water-worn 
  pebbles 
  or 
  

   earth, 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  

   decomposition 
  of 
  animal 
  matter, 
  were 
  present. 
  I 
  have 
  already 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  coprolites 
  in 
  flattened 
  layers 
  as 
  

   if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  trampled 
  on. 
  

  

  We 
  may 
  conclude, 
  then, 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  deposit 
  was 
  formed 
  

   by 
  the 
  dragging 
  in 
  and 
  devouring 
  piecemeal 
  of 
  body 
  after 
  body 
  of 
  

   the 
  animals 
  whose 
  remains 
  are 
  here 
  ; 
  and, 
  looking 
  at 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   extent 
  of 
  the 
  deposit, 
  we 
  are 
  forced 
  to 
  conclude 
  that 
  many 
  genera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Hyaenas 
  inhabited 
  the 
  cave. 
  Perhaps 
  it 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   these 
  creatures 
  at 
  intervals 
  ; 
  and 
  between 
  these 
  periods 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  

   all 
  probability 
  frequented 
  by 
  the 
  cave-men, 
  who 
  left 
  here 
  their 
  rude 
  

   implements 
  of 
  flint 
  and 
  bone. 
  

  

  Recently 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Mammoth 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  in 
  

   the 
  submerged 
  forest 
  which 
  skirts 
  all 
  the 
  Pembrokeshire 
  coast, 
  and 
  

   thus 
  additional 
  evidence 
  is 
  afforded 
  by 
  which 
  to 
  correlate 
  the 
  period 
  

  

  