The deposits in Kent's Cavern consist of a black mould 3 to 12 in

thick, beneath which lies a granular stalagmite, sometimes 5 ft. thick, and below this a thin black band, chiefly charcoal, the "hearth of the old cave men," from which Pengelly took 366 flint and bone implements of different kinds. Four ft. of red cave earth follow with bones of the cave-lion, hyena, cave-bear, mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, and sabre-toothed tiger, with abundance of flints, flakes and hammers. 12 ft. of crystalline stalagmite underlie this, resting on a coarse breccia with remains of the cave-bear and lion and very ma ive rude flint tools. The caves on the banks of the Végère, in France, corroborate the testimony of Kent's Cave. In them Christy and Lartet found similar implements and weapons, with figures of the mammoth and other extinct animals sculptured on ivory and stone.