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by stalagmite, but as they were deposited in what had, not long ago, 

 been the watercourse, the stalagmite had either been denuded, or 

 had been prevented from forming, at that particular place, by the 

 action of the stream ; the coiiis ivere under very little cover, and might 

 have been imbedded very recently. 



The stream of water through the cave has evidently changed its 

 course many times since the cave was excavated to its present size, 

 as we find accumulations of sand and gravel (at T* and G, in ground- 

 plan, fig. 1), about three feet above the present water-level, and about 

 two feet above the ancient watercourse (M, N). 



At a a, fig. 2, there was a hillock of angular blocks, etc. covered 

 by stalagmite, and upon this stalagmitic hillock were deposited bones, 



Fig. 2. — Longitudinal Section at F. (See Ground-Plan.) 



jr "'^ \_x 



30 feet. 



ft. ill. 



/. Open cave 5 6 



e. Stalagmite 0 4 



d. Bone bed 12 



c. Stalagmite ..... 0 3 



a. Angular blocks .... 2 9 



10 0 



X. Rock, limestone. 



tusks, bone knives and pins, large and small snail-shells, fragments 

 of pottery, piece of an armlet, a cockle-shell, and large quantities of 

 charcoal, cemented together by calcareous matter. No sand or gravel 

 was observed amongst them ; there being considerable interstices in 

 some parts of the bed, plainly showing they had not been drifted 

 there by water, but pointing to the conclusion that they had heenpur- 

 posely placed there by the animals or men that inhabited the cave. 

 Part of these bones, etc., formed the subject of my former paper 

 above alluded to, but no manufactured bones, etc., had been found 

 when it was written. 



At G, fig. 1, the bones, bone pins, tusks, pottery, and charcoal 

 were found in coarse sand and smooth pebbles, and might have been 

 drifted while in the cave, but it is not at all probable that they were 

 drifted into it, for every appearance connected with the deposits, such 



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