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9. Human remains were found in great abundance in the upper chambers. 
They appear to have belonged to between thirty and forty individuals. They 
were accompanied by stone implements of the polished stone period, broken 
querns, a large quantity of pottery, marine shells of edible species, and some 
other objects enumerated in Captain Brome's report. No way of access 
from the surface by which these materials could have been introduced has 
been discovered. But on carefully examining the ground, we believe with 
Captain Brome that the entrance lies somewhere under the southern half of 
the east wall of the prison enclosure. Until the aperture from the surface is 
discovered, no certain conclusions can be arrived at. Considering the time 
and labour which have been expended on the cavern, it would be a subject of 
great regret if the exploration were left incomplete on this important point, 
we would therefore venture strongly to recommend that the excavations be 
continued through the ground over which the east wall runs, until the 
external aperture is detected. We believe that it will be found in the 
fissure outside the east wall, which Captain Brome has so sagaciously and 
perseveringly explored. 
10. The human bones are of high interest in consequence of certain 
peculiar characters which many of them present. They appear to belong to 
widely different epochs, although none of them of very high antiquity 
(i.e. before the historical period). That the upper chambers of the cave 
were ever inhabited by savage man, we consider to be highly impro¬ 
bable. It seems more likely that they were used for the funeral rites of 
the dead. 
11. As regards the final disposal of the interesting and important relics 
discovered in the “Genista” cave, a complete series ought to be deposited 
in London, either in the British Museum or the Boyal College of Surgeons, 
but we consider it to be of still higher importance that a collection should 
be retained for Gibraltar. In the progress of the vast defensive works 
which have been carried on during the past century in scarping and 
tunneling the rock, objects of high interest relating either to its natural 
history or archeology, have been brought to light. But in the great 
majority of cases they have either been disregarded or lost. Instances 
might be cited from Colonel James's history of the Herculean Strait, 1771, 
and Major Laurie's memoir on the Mineralogy of the Bock, in 1797. In 
1844 a laudable effort was made by the late Archdeacon Burrow to establish 
a museum on the rock, but, after languishing for some time, it failed from the 
want of proper support. The relics of the collection were afterwards 
exhibited in the Soldiers' Home, but, when that institution was given up, no 
place remained either for displaying or taking proper care of the collection. 
Some of the brightest records of the military glory and prowess of our 
country are indissolubly connected with Gibraltar. A great nation like 
England cannot afford to neglect or disregard without reproach, whatever 
bears on the natural history or archeology of so renowned a possession. 
That the naval and military services take the liveliest interest in such objects, 
is placed beyond doubt, by the United Service Museum of London founded 
upon collections contributed by them from all parts of the world. But it 
