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C. Cave in the state it was when visited by the author in January. 
1823 , excepting that a large number of the rhinoceros bones had 
been extracted. 
D. Fissure laid open by the subsiding of the materials that had 
filled it, into the cave C.; the face of this fissure, under the plumb- 
line, is rubbed and scratched as if by descending masses of stone. 
E. Subsided mass of loose stones and argillaceous loam that had 
filled the cave to its roof, and the fissure to its surface, before the 
cave was penetrated, and its contents in part extracted by the 
shaft A. 
F. Bones of ox and deer, and horns of deer found near those of 
the rhinoceros. 
G. Skeleton of rhinoceros restored to the state in which it pro¬ 
bably lay before its matrix had been disturbed by subsiding towards 
the shaft. 
H. Solid limestone of Derbyshire, containing the now open 
fissure D. and the shaft A., and intersected by numerous lead veins. 
I. Surface of the fissure, which was entirely level, and overgrown 
with grass, till its contents began to subside into the cave C. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 1. 
Vertical section of the cave of Goat Hole at Paviland, in the sea cliff* 
15 miles west of Swansea, in Glamorganshire. 
A. Mouth of the cave, at the base of a nearly vertical cliff, facing 
the sea, and accessible only at low water, except by dangerous 
climbing. 
B. Inner extremity of the cave, where it becomes so small, that a 
dog only can go further, and apparently ending at a short distance 
within B. 
C Body of the cave. Its length from A. to B. is about 60 feet, the 
