In the following paper I will give not only the results of my 

 own personal observations, but also the facts relating to the pre- 

 vious explorations, which were furnished me by Dr. Bazilio and 

 Sr. Antunes, and of which my notes were written in the cavern 

 with the greatest care, being afterwards revised by these gentle- 

 men. Dr. Netto has very kindly permitted me to examine the 

 objects sent to the Museu Nacional, so that in this paper I shall 

 be able to give a very complete account of the interments found 

 in it. A detailed description of the human remains themselves I 

 am obliged to defer to another occasion. 



As the preliminary excavations in different parts of the cavern 

 offered us no results, we found it necessary to proceed more sys- 

 tematically. We first of all threw out all the large stone and 

 rock masses that encumbered the cavern, amounting to many tons. 

 A line of negroes was then formed across the mouth of the 

 cavern, and the loose earth was examined to a considerable depth 

 from one end of the cave to the other, the work occupying the 

 greater part of two days. 



On the first day nothing was found, but very early on the next 

 morning two interments were discovered, one of a child buried in 

 an earthen pot, the other of a young person wrapped up in a ham- 

 mock, and shortly afterwards there was found the body of a little 

 child enveloped in bast and palm straw. This was the last object 

 discovered. 



The following plan (Fig. 74) represents the floor of the cavern 

 and the localities of the various interments, which are numbered 

 as in the following description. 



No. 1. Body of a child buried in a well-woven little basket, 

 above which were laid several pieces of bark. Found by Sr. 

 Antunes. 



No. 2. Mummied body of a woman with a little child in her 



not yet been received, so that I cannot describe them. 



No. 3. Skeleton wrapped up in bast, but concerning which I 

 could obtain no certain information. 



No. 4. Skeleton of a man (?) found wrapped up in bast and af- 

 terward in palm straw. It was found sometime before our visit, 

 and had been unwrapped, the bones having, however, been left in 

 the cave. The skull is remarkable for a perforation near the 

 crown, apparently the result of a wound. The remains were to 



