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its history ; for whilst in the lowest beds of the Robin Hood 
entire bones, vertebrae, metacarpals, etc., of the Bison and other 
animals were found intact, the larger portion of the Church Hole 
remains were in a very fragmentary state. In the surface soil of 
this Cave, as in the other, various Romano British relics, such as 
broken pottery, a bronze fibula, and a few other objects were 
met with. 
MOTHER GRUKDY'S PARLOUR 
We have now to turn to the last Cave of the series, Mother 
Grundy's Parlour, a widish and shallow chamber or rock shelter, 
with a long fissure branching off from its eastern side. There was 
here little or no Cave earth corresponding with the upper Cave 
deposits of the Robin Hood and Church Hole Caves, and the sur- 
face of the beds in the Parlour had been at one time or other con- 
siderably disturbed, but where a true section was obtained the 
following succession appeared : — 
1. Surface soil, a few inches thick, 
2. Jfted sandy earth, with bones, etc., 3 feet. 
3. Red clay, with bones, etc., 6 inches to 3 feet. 
4. Ferruginous, yellow and red sand, with bones, 1 foot. 
5. White calcareous sand, no remains. 
In the surface some burnt bones, charcoal, and a few flint chips 
and flakes were met with of no importance, but in the underlying 
red sand which was evidently the equivalent of the very similar 
bed in the other Caves, numerous remains of animals occurred, 
these consisted chiefly of the Reindeer, the Bison, the Bear, Wolf, 
Fox, and Hyena ; a very large number of the coprolites of this 
last animal testified to its having inhabited the Cave for a consider- 
able time. Very few implements were found, the only specimens 
being rudely chipped quartzite pebbles, similar to those previously 
described. The most interesting remains obtained from this Cave 
occured in the red clay and the underlying ferruginous sand, in 
these were discovered bones and teeth of two animals which we 
had not previously met with, namely, the Leptorhine Rhinoceros, 
of Owen, and the Hippopotamus, associated with skulls and jaws 
of the flyena, and bones of the Bison ; but the Horse, the Woolly 
