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point where daylight could be seen through chinks from the 
inside of one of the large chambers. As both the plateau 
and the chamber were undisturbed, the committee deter- 
mined to begin work by removing the debris, and making 
a new entrance into the cave. While this was being done, 
the following section was exposed. On the surface there 
was a stratum of fragments of limestone that had fallen from 
the cliff above, in thickness about two feet. This rests on a 
layer of dark earth 18 inches thick, that furnished large 
quantities of bones, nearly all of which had been used for 
food, and several articles of bronze, iron, and bone of the 
same kind and age as those described above. The pottery 
is also of the same Roman character. Fragments of char- 
coal also were abundant, and some stones bore the marks 
of fire. There can be no doubt that this was the place 
where the dwellers in the cave during Roman or imme- 
diately post-Roman times in Britain kindled their fires and 
cooked their food. Underneath is an accumulation of lime- 
stone fragments, that had dropped from the action of the 
atmosphere on the cliff above, from six to seven feet in 
thickness. In some places they were coated with decom- 
posed stalagmite. It rested on a layer of grey clay. On 
the junction line between them and close to the entrance 
that is now being made into the chamber, two rude flint 
flakes, a remarkably large jawbone of bear, the broken 
bones of (Bos longifrons) the Celtic shorthorn, and of the 
red deer were found. 
On 4th April a most remarkable bone harpoon was dug 
out from the same horizon. It is between 4in. and 5in. in 
length, and is furnished with two barbs arranged on each 
side opposite each other, that compose the head of the 
implement. The base presents a form making its attach- 
ment to the handle secure, which, so far as my knowledge 
goes, is new to Britain. Instead of having a mere projec- 
tion to catch the ligatures there is a well-cut barb on either 
