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out in chase of a chimera, has brought home a valuable 
truth. In the course of his exploration of the cave, Mr. 
Northmore found a tusk of a hyoena, a metatarsal bone of 
the cavern bear, and about twenty or thirty other teeth and 
bones. Mr. Trevelyan speedily followed Mr. Northmore, 
and obtained results of a more scientific character. He 
carried with him to London specimens of the teeth of 
rhinoceros, hyaena, and tiger, with jaws of the bear and 
fox ; and engravings of them were executed by the lady 
who subsequently became the wife of Dr. Buckland, and 
gave him such important aid by the exercise of her skill in 
drawing. It was at this point that M'Enery took up the 
investigation, which he carried on for several years, and, 
as the result of which, made a large and valuable col- 
lection of fossil remains and works of art. It was his 
intention to have published a memoir, illustrated by 
numerous plates ; but geology was not then so popular as 
it has since become, and perhaps his own name was not 
sufficiently known in the scientific world. At all events, he 
was compelled to renounce his plan, after making two appeals 
for subscriptions. At his death, his collections were sold by 
auction, and dispersed. The MS. of his intended work was 
included in a lot, at the sale, with sermons and other papers ; 
and for many years it remained unnoticed by the purchaser, 
and was supposed to be lost. It has, however, come to light, 
and has been recently published by Mr. Yivian ; * and from 
it the account of his researches is derived. It appears, from 
Professor Owen's work on Fossil Mammalia, that some of 
the most rare and valuable of Mr. M'Enery's specimens 
have found their way to the British Museum. 
The cavern has long been completely cleared of every 
curiosity, whether of art or nature, that could be removed, 
* Cavern Researches, by the late Eev. J. M'Enery, F.G.S., Edited from 
the original MS. Notes, by E. Vivian, Esq., 1859. 
