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The Irish Naturalist, 
November, 
August 8. — Continued to dig the sand in the Gallery of the 
Aged Carnivores, working north, and found so many bones 
that we had to carry them home in a bucket twice. The sand 
was not dark, but fairly sharp and clean ; besides limestone 
fragments, it contained rounded sandstones, one nearly of 5 
lbs. There is a deep, narrow, minor gallery to the right, 
divided by a thin partition of limestone. In this we got por- 
tions of a Bear's skull, and in the main gallery a half mandible 
and other bones of an aged Bear, also a pile of bones of Rein- 
deer, including a boss of antler, with 3 branches deeply 
gnawed. Our principal find was portions of a maxilla of a 
huge, aged Hysena, and part of the mandible, with most of the 
teeth. The former was near the centre of the gallery, a foot 
or more beneath the surface of the sand, on which lay the 
wrecks of the upper stalagmite that had fallen here. We also 
got other bones of Hyaenas. 
August 9. — Continued to dig, about 3 feet deep, the sand 
in the Gallery of the Aged Carnivores, from 10 feet to 17 feet, 
after which there is a swallow-hole, and beyond 19 feet our 
progress was stopped by the roof having partly fallen in. At 
10 feet there is a low arch communicating with the Gallery of 
the Elephants' Teeth (the next parallel to the west) ; in this 
archwa}^ we got, in the sand, the jaw of a very young Bear, 
with all the teeth perfect and of an ivory colour, while the bone 
was grey-green, with buff blotches, a beautiful specimen. A 
humerus and radius of young Bear may have belonged to this. 
About the same part of the principal gallery we got an imper- 
fect humerus and radius of Hyaena, two large pieces of Mam- 
moth's ribs, and many bones of Bear, Reindeer, and bits of 
Mammoth. John Power explored beyond the Gallery of the 
Elephants' Teeth, and reported six new galleries that com- 
municated and were workable. 
August 24. — After a fortnight's absence, resumed work in 
the Gallery of the Aged Carnivores, working south, partly be- 
yond (north 01) the stalagmite bridge, and partly under it, 
digging deeper than before. 
Along the west side, under a pale barren sand, was a darker 
sand that contained many bones, especially in a recess under 
the stalagmite bridge, and under an opening into the next 
gallery. We found several worn sandstones, some of which 
