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its present one for the cliff falls away there at a rapid rate. 

 Originally the cave may have been an important one, and may 

 have been occupied by man. The appearances favour the 

 idea that the occupied portion has been undermined and eaten 

 away by coast erosion. 



A cave at a higher level over the natural arch was 

 attempted, but owing to the want of a rope it could not 

 be entered. 



In the above quoted note Mr. J. J. Carey speaks of the 

 second cave as follows : " This cave is larger than the one 

 above mentioned, and was the resort of a man who for one 

 week escaped the Custom House Officers in the good old 

 smuggling days." 



We are now possessed of a good rope thanks to our Presi- 

 dent, and must give early attention to this very promising cave. 



2. — The Caves at La Corbiere ( Creux des Awe- 

 tins ). These have been visited and described and two visits 

 have been made this year. On the first visit the party missed 

 the caves by going down the cliffs on the East side instead of 

 on the West, and the geological detail proving interesting, the 

 caves were neglected. On the second visit the floor of the 

 lower cave was worked over. 



It was proved that the cave had been thoroughly worked, 

 that the fine earth floor had been removed and cast up at the 

 back leaving only a stony bottom. The party carefully 

 worked over the whole of the earth left and were rewarded by 

 the discovery of a good specimen of a worked flint, a descrip- 

 tion of which will no doubt find its way into the Transactions. 

 It therefore seems to be demonstrated that the cave has been 

 occupied by Prehistoric Man. The implement is of the 

 Neolithic Age. The work established, once and for all, the 

 fact that nothing more is to be obtained from these caves. 



3. — By means of a motor boat in September the whole 

 coast from Saints' Bay to Les Tielles was examined and 

 landings were effected at two different spots. The results 

 were disappointing. The party certainly saw most, if not all, 

 of the caves described by Mr. Andrews (page 375 of Trans- 

 actions^ 1899), but only one seemed to be of any use to the 

 Society for its present purpose. 



On examining the cliffs from the sea it was observed that 

 the openings of the well-known caves were not easily seen. 

 Had the position of the Creux Mahic and the Corbiere caves 

 not been known they would have escaped observation alto- 

 gether. It is not surprising, therefore, that new openings 

 were not observed. 



