Section C. — Address by Mr. TV. Pengelly, President. 425 
vi. pp. Gl -6!)). I have visited it several times, but it seems to be frequently 
kept under lock and key, as a tool and powder house, by the workuieu in 
a neighbouring quarry. It is a simple gallery, and, according to Mr. 
MacEuery, 63 feet long, from 3 to 9 feet high, and from 3 to 6 feet broad. 
Beneath some angular stones he found a stalagmitic floor 14 inches thick, 
and in the deposit below remains of Deer, Horse, Bear, Fox, Hy£ena(?), 
Coprolites, a few marine and land Shells, one white flint tool with frag- 
ments of others, a Roman coin, and potsherds. 
In a letter to Sir W. C. Trevelyan, dated 16th December, 1825, Dr. 
Buckland states that Mr. MacEnery had found in this Cave “bones of all 
sorts of beasts, and also flint knives and Roman coins ; in short, an 
open-mouthed cave, which has been inhabited by animals of all kinds, 
quadruped and biped, in all successive generations, and who have all left 
their exuvise one upon another” (ibid. p. 69). 
Yecdm-Bridge Cavern. — About the year 1832 the workmen broke into a 
bone-cavern in Yealm-Bridge quarry, about one mile from the village of 
Yealmpton, and eight miles E.S.E. from Plymouth ; and through their 
operations it was so nearly destroyed that but a small arm of it remained 
in 1835, when it was visited by Mr. J. C. Bellamy, who at once wrote an 
account of it, from which it appears that, so far as he could learn, the 
f'avern was about 30 feet below the original limestone surface, and was 
filled to within from 1 foot to 6 feet of the roof (see Hat. Hist. S. Devon, 
1839, pp. 86-105). In the same year, but subsequently, it was examined 
by Captain (afterwards Colonel) Mudge, who states that there were origin- 
ally three openings into the Cave, each about 12 feet above the river 
Yealni ; that the deposits were, in descending order : — 
1. Loam with bones and stones 35 feet. 
2. Stiflf whitish clay 2 - 5 „ 
3. Sand 6’0 „ 
4. Red clay ' 3 - 5 „ 
5. Argillaceous sand 6 to 18 - 0 „ 
and that, where they did not reacb the roof, the deposits were covered with 
Stalagmite. 
On the authority of Mr. Clift and Professor Owen, Captain Mudge 
mentions relics of Elephant, JRhinoceros, Horse, Ox, Sheep, Hyaena, Dog, 
Wolf, Fox, Bear, Hare, and Water-Vole. The bones, and especially the 
teeth, of the Hyaena exceeded in number those of all the other animals, 
though remains of Horse and Ox were very abundant. Mr. Bellamy, 
whilst also mentioning all the foregoing forms, with the exception of Dog 
only, adds, Deer, Pig, Glutton, Weasel, and Mouse. He also speaks of 
the abundance of bones and teeth of Hyaena, but seems to regard the Fox 
as being almost as fully represented ; and next in order he places Horse, 
Deer, Sheep, and Rabbit or Hare ; whilst the relics of Elephant, Wolf, 
Bear, Pig, and Glutton are spoken of as very rare. The bones, he says, 
were found in the uppermost bed only. They were frequently mere frag- 
ments and splinters, some being undoubtedly gnawed, and all had become 
very adherent through loss of their animal matter. Those of cylindrical 
form were without their extremities ; there was no approach to anatomical 
juxtaposition ; and the remains belonged to individuals of all ages. Reli- 
quie of Camivorous animals greatly exceeded those of the Herbivora, and 
teeth were very abundant. Coprolites occurred at some depth below the 
Stalagmite, in the upper bed, which also contained granitic and trappean 
pebbles, and lumps of breccia made up of fragments of rock, bones, pebbles, 
and Stalagmite. The bones found prior to 1835 had been removed as 
rubbish, and some good specimens were recovered from materials employed 
in making a pathway. Nothing indicating the presence of man appears to 
have been found. 
