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layer, and, so far as yet discovered, they belong chiefly to 
the rnminantia The ivhole of the hones have 
been shattered, except the joints and other solid parts ; on 
these we observed marks as if they had been gnawed by 
some animal. The only examples of the carnivora yet met 
with are, the head of a wild cat, and the jaws of a fox or 
wolf (or dog ?), with teeth belonging to animals of a larger 
species. 
" About a foot from the floor we turned up part of the 
left parietal bone of a human skull, extremely thin, but 
compact, firm, and smooth as a piece of ivory. Two small 
pieces of a pipkin were also picked up, bearing evident 
marks of antiquity." 
When Mr Beattie had read his communication, Professor 
Owen remarked that all the bones he had examined were 
those of existing species. How the bones of the deer, the 
sheep, the hog, the fox, the dog, the cat, and many other 
quadrupeds, as well as birds, came to be mixed together in 
that cave, he was unable to explain ; also by what animal 
the larger bones could be so completely crushed, that the teeth, 
joints, or other hard parts in ivhich there ivas no marroiu, 
alone remained. 
The descriptions of Mr Bryson and Mr Beattie difi'er, it 
Avill be observed, in some points. Mr Bryson states that 
the shelly deposit was found in an inner cave, while the 
bones, &c., were in the outer or larger compartment. Mr 
Beattie takes no notice of this inner cave. Mr Bryson's 
account is likely to be the more correct of the two, for it 
was written shortly after a visit to the cave, while it was 
yet open ; whereas Mr Beattie wrote from the recollection of 
what he had seen ten years before, his memory being un- 
aided by notes. It must be observed, however, that both 
these gentlemen had espoused different theories, and that it 
is not unlikely that the attention of each was most strongly 
directed to the points which best supported his views. 
At Mr Beattie's instigation, the proprietor, Captain J. 
Fifczmaurice Scott, employed workmen to have the cave 
cleared out; but, unfortunately, during their operations the 
