REPORT ON TIIE EXPLORATION OF BRIXHAM CAVE. 
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mammalian fauna of the Glacial period has been made up of two distinct geographical 
elements — the one a northern division pushed southwards from Siberia and the north of 
Europe, consisting of the Mammoth, the ticliorhine Rhinoceros, the Irish Elk, TJrsus 
spelceus, Bos primigenius, &c. ; the other a southern division projected northward from 
Mauritania through Spain and France, comprising the existing African Elephant, the 
existing two-horned Rhinoceros { Rh . hicornis ), the Lion, Panther, two existing Hymn a;, 
Hog , Antelope, Porcupine, &c. M. Lartet affirms that Elephant remains from the 
Quaternary deposits of Spain which had been examined by him belong £ indubitable- 
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ment a l’Elephant actuel d’Afrique et au Rhinoceros bicorne vivant aujourd’hui dans la 
partie australe de ce meme continent.’ 
“ M. Gervais has described Rhinoceros remains from the cave of Lunel-viel under the 
name of Rh. Lunellensis, which he affirms are hardly distinguishable from those of the 
existing two-horned species, the agreement of the teeth being almost complete. M. Lartet 
states that certain Rhinoceros molars from Kirkdale exhibit the same line of resemblance. 
“ I have been induced by these circumstances to bring the case of the new Brixham 
Cavern to the notice of the Council. 
“ Ever your obedient Servant, 
“ Hugh Falconer.” 
The Council of the Geological Society, not having at their disposal funds for under- 
taking such a work, addressed a letter to the President and Council of the Royal Society, 
by whom a grant of £100 was promptly made from the Donation Fund, on the under- 
standing that any specimens obtained should be eventually deposited in the British 
Museum. This sum was afterwards increased by the liberal donation, through Mr. Pen- 
gelly, of £50 from Baroness Burdett Coutts, £5 from Sir James Kay Siiuttleworth, 
£5 from R. Artiilington, Esq., and by a further grant of £100 from the Royal Society. 
A Committee* of the Geological Society of London — consisting of Dr. Falconer, 
F.R.S., F.G.S., Chairman and Secretary ; Mr. J. Prestwich, F.R.S., F.G.S., Treasurer ; 
Mr. Wm. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. ; Professor Ramsay, F.R.S., F.G.S. ; Sir Charles 
Lyell, F.R.S., F.G.S.; Mr. R. C. Godavin-Austen, F.R.S., F.G.S.; Mr. George Busk, 
F.R.S., F.G.S. ; Dr. Percy, F.R.S., F.G.S. ; Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.G.S. ; Rev. 
R. Everest, F.G.S. ; Mr. Beckles, F.R.S., F.G.S., and the President and Secretaries of 
the Geological Society — Avas appointed to direct the general operations ; whilst a Torquay 
local sub-committee, consisting of Mr. Pengelly, Mr. Edward Vivian, Mr. Stewart, 
Colonel Thoresby, Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Hogg, Avere deputed by the London Committee 
to cooperate with them and superintend the actual Avorking of the cave. It is, however, 
to Mr. Pengelly that the Committee are indebted for the active and constant superin- 
tendence of the work and for the record of each day’s proceedings. This gentleman, in 
fact, saw personally to the execution of the whole work, noted all the physical features, 
* Several of the members elected were, however, unable to attend ; and only a limited number of the Com- 
mittee, whose names are attached to this Report, were able to take part in the prolonged proceedings. 
