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Rh up to Neolithic times. Hearths at various depths, the industrial remains of man and the bones of both ancient and present-day animals, have been abundantly met with in all the caves. Some human bones, including skulls, were also found and submitted to the late Professor Virchow, who pronounced them to have no peculiar interest, as he could not distinguish them from those of the present inhabitants of the district. Dr Romer (The Bone Caves of Ojcow in Poland, translated by J. Ed. Lee, 1884) thus writes about the contents of the mammoth cave :—

Among the ivory ornaments were small pieces of an oval form perforated with a round hole at the small end (No. 9) ; a flat-shaped piece 1½ inches long, perforated with two circular holes, and ornamented with eight rows of circular hollows (No. 10) ; a piece about the length of the finger, perfectly round and pointed at both ends (No. 11) ; also a large rib of the mammoth, 46 centimetres long, and carved at one end so as to form a handle. Dr Romer goes on to write :—

"Lastly, amongst the indications of human habitation in this cave there were several fireplaces or hearths. They were especially characterised by char-