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124 MM. Lohest and De Puydt made excavations which unearthed the skeletons. The outer skeleton was found at a distance of 26 feet from the entrance to the cave, under a mass of rubbish 12 feet 6 inches in depth, composed of four distinct strata, none of which appeared to have been hitherto broken through. It lay on the right side, across the axis of the cave, with the hand supporting the lower jaw, and the head towards the east. The other skeleton was 8 feet nearer the entrance to the cave, but its position was not determined with so much care as the first

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FIG. 28. Section of the Grotte de Spy. named. Associated with these skeletons, on the same stratum, were worked flints of the Moustérien type together with animal remains representing the following fauna :—

Rhinoceros tichorhinus (abundant). Equus caballus (very abundant). Cervus elephas (rare). Cervus tarandus (very rare). Bos primigenius (fairly abundant). Elephas primigenius (abundant). Ursus spelæus (rare). Meles taxus (rare). Hycena spelæa (abundant). (C.A.P., 1889, p. 322.)

Immediately above the skeletons was a hardened layer composed of chippings of ivory and flint, pieces of charcoal, and some angular stones of the surrounding limestone rock. Above this there was a reddish deposit containing the remains of the same fauna, but the worked objects indicated a decided advance