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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12645757155).jpg 2G2 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY <br> Feb 4 <br> <br> Fig 2 Transverse Section in the Antrum of Woohey Hole <br> a Roof <br> b Red earth containing a large quantity of stones and but <br> few organic remains 2 feet in thickness and extending <br> within 1 or 2 inches of the roof <br> c Red earth with irregular layers of album grsecuni and <br> peroxide of manganese and containing the Elephant's <br> tusk together with teeth and numerous splinters of <br> bone ; 7 to 8 inches <br> d Red earth containing stones and a few organic remains ; <br> 4 feet <br> e Floor woi n by water and corroded by carbonic acid <br> On the right-hand side of the cave we found some more imple- <br> ments at the spot marked c in fig 1 underlying layers of peroxide <br> of manganese and comminuted bone as in the case of those which I <br> described in my former paper <br> Fig 3 Longitudinal Section in the Antrum of Woohey Hole <br> N N W S S E <br> - - o <br> _-_ - <br> ยป ยป~ N J <br> 5; i i 1 <br> ' <br> wsgt a <br> j ~-- <br> - ' - <br> Bjl <br> ' rt- <br> i- <br> r-- - <br> <br> 'SA--_ _ -- <br> - ' L / r - <br> -- J <br> d <br> Grey clay containing stones <br> but no bones <br> Red earth containing <br> stones and bones <br> The longitudinal section fig 3 taken along the line marked 3 3 <br> in the ground-plan fig 1 shows the relation which the flints of <br> area c held to the contents of the cave the scattered bones and <br> stones the complete filling-up of the cave to its roof and the <br> change in the colour of the sediment in and the absence of organic <br> remains from the vertical passage F described in my former paper <br> We had now cleared out every portion of the antrum except that <br> between A and F and had found that the contents extended up to <br> the roof everywhere except in this latter localit ' where there was <br> an interval of from three to four inches This interval was traversed <br> by stalactites which formed in some places a smooth undulating- <br> drapery with stony tassels in others miniature pillars extending <br> down to the debris and as it were propping up the roof Their <br> pedestals as they gradually expanded upon the debris formed round <br> plates of stalagmite and where they met became a continuous <br> These explanations also refer to the same symbols in the following figures 35328227 109632 51125 Page 262 Text v 19 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35328227 1863 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 19 1863 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35328227 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35328227 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-20 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12645757155 2015-08-27 10 56 51 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1863 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fรฆ using a script | ||||
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