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No evidence existed on the top of the hill of an approach to this cave, 

 and it was only as the process of blasting was being carried forward 

 that its existence was revealed. The cave itself, as nearly as can be 

 determined, was about forty feet in length, averaging from six to eight 

 feet in width, and at the highest point was not more than ten or twelve 

 feet high. Its floor was about thirty feet below the top of the hill. 

 The bottom of the cave was filled in at most places to a depth of ap- 

 proximately two feet with red soil traversed everywhere by bands and 

 layers of dark material rich in organic matter and somewhat spongy in 

 texture. A deeper crack at one point descends to a depth of about 

 fourteen feet. This it was impossible to explore at the time, but 

 borings made by Mr. Henry after our visit, yielded no bones. 

 Mingled with the finer deposits were fragments of stalactites and 

 pieces of stone, which had fallen from the roof and sides of the 

 cave, varying from large blocks several feet in diameter to mere 

 chips. These angular fragments were so commingled with the finer 

 material as to make the work of recovering the bones which lay at the 

 bottom of the cave a task of much difficulty. The fall of rock in past 

 ages had led to the fracture of many of the bones, which had been 

 crushed down into the looser material in which they were imbedded. 



As the work of quarrying went forward from time to time portions 

 of the floor of the cave were brought down. Mr. Peterson was always 

 on hand to investigate, and from the stuff, which was dislodged, he 

 carefully extracted everything which could be preserved, and he also 

 went forward into the cavern and endeavored to explore the floor 

 before the blasting and quarrying were advanced. Rains were con- 

 st?nt, and Mr. Peterson worked most of the time in mud. As the 

 result of his labors, upon which he deserves to be congratulated, there 

 were brought back to the Carnegie Museum a great number of speci- 

 mens, mostly in a broken and shattered condition, due to no fault of 

 the collector. 



A superficial examination of the collections taken from the cave 

 shows the remains of a number of species of mammals, birds, and 

 reptiles. 



The genus Megalotiyx is represented by a number of teeth ; to what 

 species they should be referred has not yet been determined. It is 

 possible that another genus of Edentata is represented, but this can 

 only be decided after a more careful investigation than the writer has 

 had time to bestow upon the subject. The genus Tapirus is repre- 



