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stalagmite, and at the bottom of 18 inches of pure clay, and 
not mixed with the clay. There is, again, another change at 
hand, and 18 inches of pure clay covers all the animal 
remains. Another period of quiet ensues, the roof of the 
cave falls in where it approaches near the surface of the 
ground, the cavern is divided, the entrances being partially 
blocked up by the fallen debris, and the two caves, thus 
formed, are discovered and inhabited by human beings whose 
ornaments, implements, and coins are found in the most 
recent deposit of 14 inches of clay, earth, charcoal, and 
rubbish, which lies immediately upon the unmixed clay. In 
the east chamber the deposit of rubbish, charcoal, &c, was 
18 inches thick, and, resting on stalagmite, was consequently 
drier; and this part of the cave may have been inhabited for 
a longer period of time than those parts where clay formed 
the basement, which would naturally attract more moisture. 
-[J. F.] 
In an account of an exploration of the Craven Caves read 
at a former meeting of this Society, I hazarded a conjectural 
period when they were occupied by human beings, which 
was derived from the relics found therein, and it is a remark- 
able coincidence that a series of specimens, almost identical 
in kind, were exhumed from a Pict's house at Kettleburn, in 
the county of Caithness, by Mr. Ehind ; from which circum- 
stance, probably, a nearer approximation as to date may be 
arrived at, as it is utterly impossible that two localities, so 
far distant, would contain articles so precisely similar for 
domestic or ornamental purposes, or so similar an assemblage 
of animal remains, if not occupied at one and the same 
period. Of the specimens found in both Kettleburn and 
Craven, I particularly allude to the following: — 
The bone comb of that peculiar hand- shaped form and 
rude workmanship. 
Whetstone; perforated disks of sandstone. 
Pieces of bone, with an oblong hole drilled through thC- 
