The Literature of Kent's Cavern: Parts I-III.1868 |
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abundance ancient animals antler appear barrows Bear belonged Berry Head bones breccia British broken Buckland calcareous canines carnassiers Carnivora cave Cavern Researches cavities Celts character crust Cuvier Deer deposit depth Devon Diluvian diluvium discovered discovery earth edges Elep Elephant enamel entire entrance excavation existence extinct FASCICULUS feet fissures flint floor fossil fossil bones fragments gnawed grotto head heaps horns Horse human bones humerus Hyæna inches incisors inhabitants interval Kent's Cavern Kent's Hole Kirkdale limestone loam Mac Enery Machairodus masses matter modern molar mould mouth natural Northmore observed occur Oreston passage pebbles period plates portions pottery present preserved probably quadrupeds remains remarkable resemblance Rhin rock rocky roof round rubble shells side similar skeletons skull species specimens spot stalactites stalagmite stone strata substance surface teeth thro Tiger tion tooth Torquay traced tusks upper Ursus vault Wolf
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Page 265 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 265 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 306 - The profligacy of mankind had provoked the great Supreme to send a pestilential wind upon the earth. A pure poison . descended ; every blast was death. At this time the patriarch, distinguished for his integrity, was shut up, together with his select company, in the inclosure with the strong door. Here the just ones were safe from injury. Presently a tempest of fire arose.
Page 32 - ... all fours. These impediments have been partly removed. Under a similar ledge on the left, still standing, was found the usual sprinkling of modern bones — and in the mould beneath, which had acquired the consistence of hard clay were found fragments of pottery ; calcined bones, charcoal and ashes — in the midst of all were dispersed arrow heads of flint and chert — The ashes furnished a large proportion of the mould — In the same heap were discovered round slabs of roofing slate of a...
Page 3 - Polwhele, who must have visited the Cavern about the same time as Dr. Maton, has given the following detailed account of it in his History of Devonshire : * "Kent's Hole consisting of limestone, marble, and stalactites, is situated about a mile and a half from Torkay (sic). It *
Page 32 - But for greater precision and perspicuity, we shall take the chambers in the order they are visited in — To commence with the common entrance. — Here once for all we must solicit indulgence for entering into details apparently unimportant — In this cavern are found grouped together phenomena observed separately in others dispersed over divers countries. By closely examining the disclosures of this, a clue may be obtained to all. At the hazard of unnecessarily charging the thread of my narrative...
Page 35 - Having taken a general survey of the surface of the floor we returned to the point from which we set out, viz., the common passage, for the purpose of piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken edges adhering to the sides of the passage, and which appeared to be repeated at intervals), we came upon flints in all forms, confusedly disseminated through the earth, and intermixed with fossil and human bones, the...
Page 268 - For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Page 49 - Committee to conduct an exploration of a small portion of the cavern. Though their object was mainly to obtain specimens for the Society's Museum, very careful attention was given to the positions and associations of all the articles found. A paper embodying the results of this investigation was drawn up by Mr. Vivian, a member of the Committee, and read in 1847 before the Geological Society of London.
Page 161 - Lastly, the bones of species which are apparently the same with those that still exist alive, are never found except in the very latest alluvial depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man : And, although...