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were mostly aged individuals, judging from the worn condition of 
their teeth. One of the Wolves of this cave was a large one, and is 
considered by Prof. Busk to " approach more nearly the American 
than the existing European species." 
The discovery of the Arctic Fox, C. lagopus is noteworthy as 
being the first recorded find of this species in Greac Britain, ot it 
Prof. Busk says : — " I have little or no hesitation in referring 
"the axis from Creswell Crags to 'Canis lagopus,' thus adding 
" that species, so far as I am aware, for the first time to the British 
11 antral fauna ; the association moreover of this species with the 
"Reindeer. Glutton, and Elk, cannot be regarded as at all im- 
" probable." The Arctic Fox is known to have been common in 
Middle Europe, and was familiar to the cave men of Switzerland, 
who pictured it occasionally on the bones of the Reindeer. The 
bones of the Woolly Rhinoceros were mostly gnawed by Hyenas, 
these animals however do not seem to have been so prominent 
amongst the cave fauna of the Pin Hole as they were in some of the 
other Caves, as many of the bones of the Reindeer, Bos, and other 
animals show no traces of gnawing, and are quite perfect, 
ROBIN HOOD CAVE. 
We will now turn to the Robin Hood Cave, in which remains 
of the greatest interest and importance weie discovered. This Cave 
is somewhat irregular in form, consisting of two large chambers, 
with smaller ones opening out from them. On the left hand side a 
deposit of limestone breccia and stalagmite covered a considerable 
portion of the floor, and was in several places united by stalactites 
to the roof ; this breccia varied in thickness from a few inches up to 
at least 3 feet, thinning from the centre of the Cave towards the 
interior and right hand side ; beneath the breccia a bed of cave- 
earth was found which was pretty uniformly distributed throughout 
the cavern, although varying both in thick nes, mineral composition 
and colour, where the breccia attained its greatest development the 
cave earth was thin, being only a few inches thick, but under the 
thinner parts of the breccia it was as much as three feet thick. In 
that part of the Cave ^where the breccia and stalagmite occured, 
