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end, as if to receive some small implement, of which it was 
to be the haft. 
Fragments of coarse pottery. 
The upper ends of the tibia and humerus, and parietal 
bones of the human subject. 
Bones and teeth of the horse. 
Horns and bones of a noble species of deer, ox, goat, 
sheep, roebuck. 
Skulls and tusks of wild boar. 
Remains of dogs — some of large size, and others of small 
size. The large examples in Craven are, undoubtedly, 
wolves; the smaller, a primaeval dog. 
Now, as the Craven Caves, in addition to all the above 
primitive specimens, contain also coins, fibula, and other 
relics of unmistakable Roman construction, the question 
arises, Have these caves been inhabited by two successive 
races of men — the original settlers and the Romano-British; 
or are they relics of one race only, who, while still retaining 
many of their primitive implements, had also obtained some 
decorative ornaments, money, and other more civilized 
articles from the conquering Roman legions which spread 
over the north of England, and who would, doubtless, during 
their sojourn have occasional intercourse with the now 
fugitive, though primaeval, colonists of Britain? This latter 
supposition will probably apply to the objects occurring in 
the superficial deposit of charcoal and rubbish; but whether 
it will equally apply to the few scattered human bones 
which ha-ve occurred deeper down, mixed with those of 
quadrupeds, in both Kettleburn and Dowkerbottom, is doubt- 
ful, as these imply an earlier interment, and would rather 
refer to the first supposition, but will not, even then, account 
for the fractured condition of the bones, which, however, is 
supposed, by some writers, to indicate that they belonged to 
a barbarous race, who were cannibals, and that these bones are 
the refuse of their orgies, as Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, and 
