bottom of this a bone harpoon or fish -spear, a bone bead, 
and a few broken bones of bear, red deer, and small short- 
horned ox prove that in still earlier times the cave had 
been inhabited by man. A few flint flakes probably imply 
that these remains are to be referred rather to the Neolithic 
age than to that of Bronze. 
Below this was a layer of stiff clay, into which the com- 
mittee sank two shafts, respectively of twelve and twenty- 
five feet deep, without arriving at the bottom. They have, 
however, at last penetrated it, and have broken into an 
ossiferous bed, full of the remains of extinct animals, similar 
to those which have been discovered at Kirkdale and else- 
where; consisting of the cave bear, cave hysena, woolly 
rhinoceros, mammoth, bison, reindeer, and horse. The 
bottom has not been reached, and the area exposed is so 
small that it is impossible to say whether man was living 
in the cave at this time or not. 
The clay immediately above it is considered, both by Mr. 
Boyd Dawkins and Mr. Tiddeman, to be of glacial origin, 
and in that case this cave is the only one in Great Britain 
which has offered clear proof that this group of animals 
was living in the country before the glacial age. It may be 
that the remains of man may be discovered here, as in the 
caves of Wookey Hole, Kent’s Hole, and Brixham; but this 
problem can only be solved by an exploration on a larger 
scale, which the committee hope to be able to carry on by 
the aid of further subscriptions, and which the British 
Association has thought sufficiently important to aid by a 
grant of £50. The problem which they are attempting to 
solve, is not merely of local interest, but one which is 
worthy of the aid of all who care for the advancement of 
knowledge. 
“The explorations of the Victoria Cave,” writes Mr. 
Tiddeman, “ carry with them more than common interest, 
from the probability of making out in this district the 
