DEPOSITS OF THIS CAVE. 
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entrances, for as there*were certain chambers to the 
cave, each pursuing different directions to the 
surface, it is reasonable to suppose there were an 
equal number of apertures ; besides which, the fact 
of the remains of the predatory beasts here dis¬ 
covered being disposed so that each kind was 
generally speaking separate from the others, seems 
to point out independent and unconnected move¬ 
ments of these creatures. 
A great part of the cavern had been destroyed, 
and a large quantity of the bones removed, and 
irrecoverable, at the time we commenced the inves¬ 
tigation. The relative positions, directions, and 
measurements of the remaining cavities, are stated 
by Colonel Mudge as follows :—“ Portions of only 
the eastern and western chambers remained. The 
former consisted of a descending shaft to the depth 
of ten feet, which turned at right angles, and again 
ascended to the surface, both the descent and ascent 
being at an angle of 45°. Of the western chamber, 
a portion remained uninjured. From the present 
opening, it takes a northerly direction for forty-three 
feet, the height varying from five to six feet, and 
the breadth from four to five. It then turns westerly 
for twenty-five feet, the height varying from five to 
twelve feet, and the breadth from three and a half, 
to five.” 
Several deposits arranged as superimposed strata, 
occurred in this cavern. The lowest stratum con¬ 
sisted of compact red clay, three feet six inches 
deep. Above this was found a layer of argillaceous 
sand in the eastern chamber, and of coarse gravel 
in the western chamber, the former varying in depth 
from six to eighteen inches, and becoming broader 
towards its limit; the latter not exceeding six in¬ 
ches in depth. Over these respectively, a bed of 
stiff white clay (since become red) presented itself, 
being in depth about two feet six inches. Lastly, 
