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cavern, from the surface of the stalagmite to »nd incWe of 
the gravel-bed.* MrJBosk ‘Snre'tf the cave-bear ; but, 
satisfactory evidence of the prese t of t p e fossil 
after an elaborate examination and l measu ^ to the 
molar teeth of the bear fou j h altogether 
conclusion “ that most of the Bnxham tec certa mly 
the facies of XJ. prisons (t le gns y r ear ^ decision is 
none that can be feet deep in the 
important, as two 1 b ™ e \f e b ® ravel _ be a 0 f the cavern, leading to 
r‘=‘e rsss oTthl 
time of the Roman occupation, and is no 
qtg&gfitttSESi? 
neighbourhood ot tne cave, uul ,, •- • - m _ 
hv Dr Falconer as “ a superb specimen of the le t lima te 
the cave-bear, comprising the femur, tibia, an u a 
together, with the ■ Report of“he 9th of 
SE mtto heito al S^TiAas Seen adopted and 
amplified by SirCharles Lyell in 
Dipv do not in themselves possess. Sir Dnaiies s y 
flint-knives : “ Neglecting the less perfect specimens, some o 
wh£h were met with even in the lowest gravel, about fifteen 
knives recognised as artificially formed by the most expe- 
rienced antiquaries, were taken from the bone-earth, and 
usually from near the bottom. Such knives considered apart 
Rom the associated mammalia, afford m themselves no safe 
criterion of antiquity, as they might belong to any part of the 
nf stone similar tools being sometimes met with m 
ZX posteriori date to the ?ra of the introduce of 
* Transactions of the Devon Association, vol. vi. p. 813. 
+ Philosophical Transactions vol. clxni p.^546. 
j Popular Science Review , vol. x. pp. ^-10-/, t . 
