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introduced maiuly through the swallow-hole. The second group of 

 deposits, consisting of clay and rubble, with a few bones in places 

 (No. 11), was below the first group. The third and lowest group, 

 found to the north-north-west, consisted of bedded clay (No. 12), 

 sand (No. 13 : quartz-grains, well rounded), and wad (No. 14) ; 

 the whole dipped at an angle of 40° to 45° south-south-eastward, 

 and contained no bones. It therefore seems that there were three 

 main groups of deposits which were formed at various times, 

 although there is no break of continuity between them. Some of 

 them probably found their way through the master-joint at different 

 points. We cannot say definitely which is the oldest deposit, though 

 from their relative positions it seems probable that the ' wad,' sand, 

 and bedded clay were deposited first from a north-north-westerly 

 source; that from a somewhat similar source, or from numerous 

 openings along the joint, the clay and rubble were introduced, and 

 augmented by blocks which fell from the roof of the cavern from 

 time to time ; and that finally, at a later period, the majority of the 

 bone-bearing beds were deposited, mainly through the swallow-hole. 



IV. Description of the Mammalian and other Remains. 



Carnivora. 

 Felis leo, Linn. (Lion.) (PI. VII, fig. 1.) 



Among the many mammalian bones which have been recovered 

 from this cave none, perhaps, are more interesting than those of 

 the lion. One of these specimens is the ramus of a lower jaw 

 of a young animal, and besides this there are parts of the fore 

 and hind feet of one or more adult animals. The first-named 

 specimen is an imperfect left ramus, with the milk-molars 3 and 4 

 still in place (PI. VII, fig. 1), the latter showing the characteristic 

 small, adpressed, hinder cusp. The germ of the first permanent 

 molar (or carnassial tooth of the adult series) is to be seen within 

 the substance of the jaw. The foot-bones indicate a big animal ; 

 but they are not so large as those figured by Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins 

 in the Palseontographical Society's Memoir. Two metacarpals, a 

 cuboid, and an astragalus have each the characteristic feline form, 

 and a penultimate phalange shows the hollowed side for the 

 retracted claw. These remains can be unhesitatingly referred to 

 the lion. 



Some of these leonine bones were obtained before particular notice 

 had been paid to the different layers in the cave ; but others were 

 met with, deep in the undisturbed beds : one specimen was found in 

 layer No. IV and others in the lower stratum, below the door, No. 9. 

 (See the horizontal section, PI. V, fig. 1.) 



Fells catus, Linn. (Wild Cat.) (PI. VII, figs. 2 & 3.) 



Remains of the wild cat are known to occur in British caves, 

 but they are by no means of common occurrence. It is interesting, 



