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variable depth from the surface, as also in the succession of 
deposits. Mr. Jackson found them in the following order : — 
1. Loose stones and loamy soil. 2. Charcoal ashes 
mixed with bones, antiquarian relics, and earth. 3. Clay. 
4. Stalagmite. 5. Clay. 6. Rock. 
In some parts, stalagmite forms the first layer, and then 
immediately beneath occurs the clay, with bones and relics ; in 
other parts, the loamy clay mixed with charcoal ashes, con- 
taining bones, pottery, and other ancient remains resting 
upon the solid limestone floor. In an examination of the cave 
which I made last September, (by direction of the Council 
of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and with 
the kind permission of the proprietor, J. R. Tennant, Esq., 
of Kildwick Hall,) in consequence of the superficial deposits 
of charcoal and soil having been disturbed by previous 
explorers, I excavated a fresh trench beneath the above, and 
passed through the following deposits : — 
1. A crust of stalagmite, two inches thick. 
2. Loose soil and fragments of limestone, one foot. 
3. Stiff red clay, two feet. 
4. Decomposed stalagmite or soft lime, from one to six 
feet, resting upon the rocky floor. 
At another part, hard stalagmite occurred between these 
deposits and the solid stone floor. In the first chamber of the 
Dowkabottom Cave some very large stones were observed by 
Mr. Jackson, placed on the surface as if to mark the spot for 
some particular purpose. Upon the removal of these he found 
in a layer of charcoal ashes, nearly two feet in thickness, 
only a fragment of a bronze fibula, and gave up the search. 
Subsequently, however, Mr. Hodgson, who was excavating the 
same spot for James Farrer, Esq., M.P., of Inglebro' House, 
discovered the remains of three human skeletons laid in the 
bed of clay about a foot deep. Under this deposit a layer of 
soft stalagmite was found, and underneath all, several skulls 
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