966 FOSSIL REMAINS OF QUADraJPEDS, &C, 
Among the relics entombed in this cavern, no entire 
skeletons were found ; but the bones and teeth of the vari- 
ous animals were scattered about in wild confusion ; and 
most of the bones, particularly those of the larger animals, 
were broken and mutilated. A great number of the bones 
had no appearance of being water- worn ; but many others 
were decidedly rounded and smoothed at their projecting 
parts, bearing obvious marks of having been long agitated 
by water. A few of the bones were not found in the mud 
on the floor of the cavern, but in the stalactite on the sides 
and towards the roof ; where they may have been original- 
ly lodged on shelves of the rock, and fixed in their places 
by the progress of the calcareous incrustation formed over 
them. 
The remains of the elephant and of the hippopotamus 
have been found only in small quantity. No entire ele- 
phant's grinder is known to have occurred; but I have 
seen several fragments of grinders, some belonging to large 
elephants, and some to small. Not more than two or three 
specimens of the teeth of the hippopotamus have come 
under my observation. The remains of the rhinoceros 
were more plentiful. Some of the larger grinders of that 
animal, taken from the cave, measure eight or nine inches 
in circumference at the masticating surface. A specimen 
of the horn of a rhinoceros is said to have been found ; but 
I have not seen it. Of the ruminating animals, the remains 
of the elk, or stag, are most copious ; numbers of the teeth, 
with some pieces of the jaw-bones, and fragments of the 
horns, having been discovered ; besides shank-bones, leg- 
bones, and other relics of that animal Of the carnivorous 
animals, the remains of the wolf, the bear, and the tiger, 
may be noticed as of rare occurrence. Those of the fox 
were more common. The minute bones belonging to ani- 
mals of the rat kind, have been found in the mud in con- 
