Sixty-third report of progress of excavations by William Pengelly and Edward Vivian, Torquay, to the British Association Kent's Cavern Committee Monthly report of the superintendents of excavation. Work is progressing in The Sloping Chamber. The deposits consists of overlying black mould, granular stalagmite, and cave-earth. The black mould has yielded bones of various recent animals, several species of marine shells, various pebbles, and other human industrial remains including a spindle whorl and bone awl. The cave-earth has an unusually large amount of limestone present alongside blocks of old crystalline stalagmite. A list of teeth from various animals found in the cave-earth includes: hyena, horse, rhinoceros, deer, reindeer, fox, ox, megaceros, elephant, bear, lion, and wolf. 2 March 1871