OSSIFEROUS FISSURE IN THE BATTERY HILL, STONEHOUSE. 507 
until its roof fell in; which then became an open fissure, subse- 
quently filled from the surface, into which “some animals fell 
and were killed, and others retired to die; where perhaps a few 
were dragged or pursued by beasts of prey; whilst the rains of 
Devonshire washed in at least some of the bones of those which - 
died near at hand on the adjacent plateau.”* These words of 
Mr. Pengelly apply in the most complete sense to the conditions 
of this fissure on Battery Hill. The filling was of course gradual, 
and subsequently there was some disturbance caused by the break- 
ing into, and partial filling of, the side chambers connected with 
the main cavity. 
The remains found include those of Rhinoceros tichorinus ; 
Ursus (probably jferox); Hyzna speleus; Canis lupus, Canis 
vulpes, Canis (a small variety); Felis catus; Cervus elaphus, 
Cervus tarandus, Cervus capreolus (?); Bos primigenius, Bos 
longifrons ; Bison priscus (?); Equus fossilis; Sus scrofa; Ovrs oi 
capra; Lepus timidus; Mus rattus; and a fragment of the dermal 
skeleton of a fish, near the head (? sturgeon). 
* Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. ix. p. 440. 
