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which may he possibly due to the nature of the earth in which 
it was imbedded and the continued dryness of the spot in 
which it was placed. The skeleton, which is that of an ordinary- 
sized man, is entire, with the exception of the ribs, which 
have been broken by the pressure of the superincumbent 
earth. The teeth and lower jaw are in a good state of pre- 
servation ; the skull differs from the rest of the bones in being 
of a deep brick-red colour, and the part of it resting on the 
ground is broken. The legs crossed in a natural position, and 
the arms folded near the head, seem to infer that the man to 
whom they belonged died in his sleep, and was carefully 
covered over without disturbing the earth beneath. A great 
number of small shells, similar to those living in the adjacent 
sea, and deer’s teeth, all pierced with a hole, were close to 
the skull, leading to the belief that they were either twined 
in the hair or formed part of a head-dress. Round the 
skeleton were found a great quantity of stone implements, as 
scrapers, chisels, and axes, and also bone needles ; the form of 
the latter seem to have been produced by having been rubbed 
down on some hard substance. Associated with these were 
bones of animals, and, among others, the lower jaws of 
herbivora. Behind the loins there was a stone, also one 
behind the head, and between the latter were two of the 
largest stone implements which have been found in these 
caves. 
Mr. M. Moggridge, who is well acquainted with the locality, 
and has visited the cave, has kindly furnished the following 
points as most important in reference to the skeleton : — 
1. The rock in which the cave is situated is Oolitic or 
Jurassic limestone, which is very cavernous. 
2. The cave is narrow and lofty, and deep. 
3. The floor at the mouth is 9 ft. above the bottom, but in 
the interior the depth is much greater. 
4. No remains of the extinct animals ( Ursus speloeus , &c.) 
occur above the skeleton. 
5. I believe it was a case of interment — of a person of some 
consequence — of the stone age ; not early in that period. 
Mr. G-. W. Nicholl, who has also examined the cavern, states : 
“ To my mind the skeleton proves clearly a case of burial ; the 
stones at the back and in front of it showed this pretty clearly, 
for they were evidently so placed by design, as if to roughly 
mark out the place of sepulture. M. Riviere did not seem to 
think much of them, for he had removed them all before the 
skeleton was photographed. The sketch in the paper shows 
the stones at the back very truly, but it does not show those in 
front, which were placed further from the body and more 
irregularly than those at the back. If, then, the man was buried, 
