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taken in the fishermen's nets. The absence of the wild goose 
and other common species might be explained by supposing 
that the cave frequenters were not acquainted with the use of 
weapons which enabled them to kill such wary birds, and 
that they only occasionally caught a solan goose in the pro- 
cess of fishing. Neither Mr Bryson nor Mr Beattie notice 
the occurrence of fish bones in the cave, nor is there a 
vestige of any among the remains preserved in the museum. 
The leg and wing bones of the solan goose are sometimes 
entire, and sometimes broken across, but in no instate are 
they split open. 
The bones of the mammalia consist chiefly of fragments 
of the long bones, and the shafts of the marrow bones are 
invariably split open. The articulating ends of the hinge- 
joints are generally attached to the shafts, and are entire ; 
but the spongy ends of the ball and socket-joints, as of the 
humerus and femur, are detached and more or less destroyed, 
either by the gnawing of some animal or by natural decay. 
The human bones are in very good preservation ; the piece 
of radius is 7 inches in length, and is not split open. 
There are several fragments of calcined bones, but I am 
unable to determine whether these belong to the human 
skeleton or not. The two fragments of coarse pottery are 
both ornamented outside with a small cord pattern ; one, 
which is charred inside, has been part of a vessel 10 inches 
in diameter ; the other is not charred, and has measured 
7 inches in diameter. Flat, oval, or round rolled stones are 
abundant ; on none of these have I detected the chipped 
edges noticed on the Kjokken-moddings stones, and sup- 
posed to be evidence of their having been used in the forma- 
tion of flint implements. 
There are few parts of Scotland richer in the remains of 
the stone period than Angus and Mearns. In some localities 
implements or flint flakes are turned up at every ploughing 
of the fields. The absence of flint from the cave collection 
is not of great moment, for it must be borne in mind that 
not a thousandth part of the debris was preserved, or ex- 
amined ; and it is quite likely that stone implements and 
