EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
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Plate XV. 
Vertical section of the cave of Bauman’s Hohle, in the Hartz, in the 
cliff on the left side of the gorge of the river Bode. 
A. Present entrance, descending from the perpendicular cliff to 
the large chamber B. 
B. Grand chamber, from 40 to 50 feet in diameter, and having 
stalactite on various parts of its roof. 
C. Floor of the great chamber, covered with a bed of diluvial 
loam, containing a few bones and pebbles, and having on its surface 
some residuary fragments of a crust of stalagmite and large blocks of 
limestone, marked o. o. 
I). Inclined passage communicating from B. to the lower vault E. 
E. Lower vault, containing beneath a thick crust of stalagmite a 
considerable accumulation of loam and large pebbles, through both of 
which are dispersed great quantities of bones of bears. 
F. Bugged mass of rock, ascending about 20 feet, and dividing 
the vault E. from the inner chambers G. H. 
G. Long irregular chamber conducting from F. to the lower 
cavern H. 
H. Lower cavern, having its roof much hung with stalactite, and 
on its floor a considerable crust of stalagmite. 
I. Artificial vault dug through the crust of stalagmite into a 
subjacent mass of loam, pebbles, and bones, accumulated to the thick¬ 
ness of several feet. 
K. An unexplored passage, ascending from the roof of the 
cave H. 
L. Deep gorge, being a valley of denudation, flanked on each 
side by steep cliffs of limestone. 
