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funnel-shaped, narrowing to some 20 inches at the point where the 
skeleton lay (see Section, fig. 2), and the clay was set hard, a fact 
which rendered the removal of the hones a matter of difficulty. 
Unfortunately the find was not reported at once, and consequently 
there is an absence of any accurate notes either as to the exact 
disposition of the skeleton in the fissure, or the attendant 
circumstances generally. It would appear, however, that the 
body lay on the back, with the limbs in a contracted position 
above,— -the appearance being that of a body which had become 
Fig. 1. — Skull and Stone Axe. 
jammed, by its fall, in the narrow space of the fissure. Before 
the bones were all extracted the mass of hardened clay enclosed 
by the sides of the fissure suddenly fell, some of the men having 
a narrow escape of being crushed by the downfall. It was in 
this mass of fallen material that the worked objects described later 
on were found, and it will be obvious, therefore, that it is 
difficult to state accurately where and at what level in the fissure 
the various relics had lain before the fall of the clay, so that we 
are thus deprived of valuable evidence as to their association with 
the skeleton. 
