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lecture, and a vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed and 

 carried bj acclamation. 



This paper is also printed in these Transactions. 



Monthly Meeting held May 1st, 1918, Mr. E. Chepmell 

 Ozanne, Bailiff of Guernsey, President of the Society, in 



the Chair. 



This meeting was the seventh and last of the Winter 

 Session of 1917-18. 



Mr. C. G. De La Mare read a letter written by Mr. J. 

 Sinel, of Jersey, to Mr. B. T. Rowswell, Librarian of the 

 Guille-AUes Library, in which an interesting account is 

 given of the discovery of caves on the north coast of Jersey. 

 The locality is near Belle Hougue Point, in Trinity parish, 

 and the caves had to be entered by means of ropes let down 

 from the cliff above them. The first cave was found to be 

 about 40ft. by 40ft. with a height of about 20 feet. The 

 floor at the end slopes upwards, and gives access to another 

 chamber measuring 100ft. by 20ft. These caves are very 

 dark, and had to be explored by artificial light, which revealed 

 a scene as of fairyland. From the roof depended numerous 

 stalactites, several of which reached the floor. This was 

 covered by a stalagmitic deposit of considerable thickness, 

 and under it some stone axes and portions of antlers, probably 

 of red deer, were found. The thickness of the stalagmitic 

 deposit attests the antiquity of the underlying relics, and shows 

 that the neolithic period to which these relics belong is very 

 far removed in time from the present. The abundance of the 

 calcareous deposits is very remarkable, if one takes into consi- 

 deration that the adjoining rock is altered shale, containing 

 only a small percentage of lime. 



Colonel T. W. M. de Guerin read a paper on " Evidences 

 of Man in Guernsey during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages," 

 which was followed by a long discussion, in which several 

 members took part. This paper is also included in the present 

 Transactions. 



OPENING OF THE WINTER SESSION, 1918-19. 



Thirty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the Society, held 



December 18th, 1918, Mr. E. Chepmell Ozanne, Bailiff of 



Guernsey, President of the Society, in the Chair. 



This was the opening meeting of the Winter Session, no 

 meetings having been held in October or November, public 



