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by the appearance of the cranium (as in the specimen now in the British Museum, 
Register-No. 38300). 
M. de Lastic determined on its preservation in the breccia, for submission to anatomists 
and palaeontologists for subsequent examination, and the block containing it was carefully 
removed from the cavern. 
Similar operations being carried on at other parts of the cavern, an immense block of 
stalagmitic breccia became detached at the recess, marked b in fig. 4, and portions of 
Eig. 4. 
two human crania became visible in the exposed surface of breccia adhering to the 
wall of the recess. The largest portion, including the calvarium (Register-No. 38307, 
British Museum), tvas situated 5 feet 2 inches from the upper surface of the stalagmite. 
Like the hind part of the cranium above mentioned the more plastic material of the 
breccia, soft and moist at the period of the interment, had moulded itself to all the 
inequalities and contour of the surface of the calvarium, but with an interspace of from 
one to two lines in breadth, which was filled by pure stalagmite. 
The portion of lower jaw, with the much worn tooth (Register-No. 38335, British 
