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For JOURNALS 26 INDEX for JOURNALS 26 – 43 Accident at Drunkard's Hole: 32, 12. Admiralty (Bath): 36, 5. Alum Pot: 40, 9. Annual Dinner: 30, l: 30, 3: 31, 13: 36, 1: 37, 1: 37, 6: 41, 2: 42, 2: 43, 14. Annual General Meeting: 30, 1: 30, 3: 31, 1: 31, 11: 36, 1: 37, 3: 41, 1: 41, 2: 42, 1; 42, 2: 43, 1: 43, 7. Archaeology: 28, 5: 30, 15: 40, 2: 41, 16. See also Bones. Armand, Aven: 29, 10. Asellus: 43, 10. August Hole: 27, 7: 33, 4: 38, 4. Australia, Caves in: 33, 14: 39, 10: 40, 14. Axbridge Council: 29, 13: 32, 13. Badge, Club: 31, 16: 35, 2: 36, 2: 37, 2: 43, 12. Badgers Hole: 39, 13: 40, 4. Bakers Pit: 42, 10. Balch, H: 26, 7: 36, 7: 38, 9: 39, 13: 40, 4. Balcombe, F.G: 27, 5. Banwell Bone Cave: 27, 8. Bar Pot: 28, 9: 43, 5. Bara-Bau, Grotto de: 41, 14. Barrington, N: 38, 12 Bats: Greater Horseshoe: 27, 10: 32, 10: 37, 9. Lesser Horseshoe: 27, 10: 32, 10: - Ringing: 37, 9. in Devon Caves: 42, 10: Bath freestone mines: 26, 3: 27, 9: 36, 5. Beechbarrow hut: 28, 1: 29, 1: 31, 1: 31, 2: 31, 4: 32, 1: 37: 3. Betsy Camel's Hole: 27, 3. Biology, Cave: 33, 11: 39, 15. Bird, P.F: 37, 9: 38, 6. Blaen-y-nant lead mine: 38, 10. Bleadon Cave: 39, 13. Bones: In Badgers Hole: 40, 4. in Les Combarelles: 40,13. in swallets: 28, 18. in White Woman's Cave: 27, 3. Boreham Cave: 35, 6. Bos Swallet: 39, 13. Bournillon, Grotte du: 29, 8: 38, 14. Britain Underground". Review of : 42, 3. British Speleological Association: 28, 9: 34, 13: 40, 8. Browne's Hole: 43, 3. Bull Pot of the Witches: 28, 8. Cabrerets: See Pech-Merle. Carpe-Diem, Grotte de: 40, 13. Catacombs at Rome: 32, 7. Cave-Diving: See Diving, Cave. Cave Paintings: 40, 13: 41, 15. Cave Preservation Society: 34, 7: 37, 6: 38, 1: 38, 5: 43, 8. Cave Research Group: Notice of meeting,: 30, 3: 33, 4: 34, 4. Subscription: 26, 2. Cheddar Gorge., Climbing in: 34, 8: 35, 4: 36, 7. Chudleigh Cavern: 42, 10. Circular: 36, l: 37, 5: 40, l: 4l, l: 4l, 5: 43, 9. Change of title to Journal: 31, 1. new style of: 26, 1: 27, 1: 28, 1: 28, 19: 35, 1. Combarelles, Les: 40, 13. Committee of Club: 35, 3: 38, 4: 43, 12. Cook, P: 31, 5. Coolagh Rivcr Cave: 32, 11. Copper Mine Caves: 40, 14. Coral Cave: 39, 13. Cortvriend, C.R: 31, 13. Cote Cave: 35, 6. County Clare, Caves of: 31, 3: 32, 11: 39, 14. Cow Hole: 26, 1: 27, 8: 34, 1: 38, 16: 39, 13. Cox's Cave: 33, 5. Cox's Hole: 38, 4: 39, 13. Crystal Cave: 39, 13. Cuckoo Cleeves: 26, 1: 39, 13. Current markings: See Scalloping. Davies, P: 42, 11. Deep Creek Caverns: 40, 14. Demoiselles, Grotte des: 29, 10. Devenish, L: 27, 1: 27, 9: 38, 5. Devon, Caves in: 42, 10. Dinner, Annual: SEE Annual Dinner. Diving, Cave: 27, 5. Dolphin, P.B: 32, 9. Dowsing: 28, 6. Drunkard's Hole: 41, 19. Accident at: 32, 12. Duck, C.W: 41, 7. Duck, J: 33, 13. Dulcote Hill Caves: 39, 13. Easegil1 Caverns: 34, 13: 40, 8: 43, 5. Eastern Eag1e's Nest Cavern: 40, 14. Eastwater Cave: 33, 4: 38, 13: 41, 11: 43, 8. Eastwater Hut: 31, 4: 36, 3: 37, 1: 41, 3. Overnight fee for: 26, 2: 41, 4. Eisreisenwelt: 32, 7. Eyzies, Les: 38, 15: 40, 11: 41, 14. Fairy Cave: See Cox' s Hole. Fairy Slatts: 39, 13. Favot, Grotte: 29, 8: 38, 14. First Aid kit: 36, 3. Font-de-Gaume: 40, 13. Ford, D: 38, 11. Frost, F: 26, 5: 28, 7: 33, 14: 36, 8: 38, 6: 38, 14. Gaping Ghy11: 28, 9: 43, 5. G.B.Cavern: 26, 5: 28, 2: 29, 12: 32, 9: 32, 13: 33, 13: 34, 4: 40, 10: 41, 1. Gibraltar, Caves in: 39, 14. Glennie, E.A. 29, 4: 33, 15: 43, 10. Goatchurch Cave: 39, 13: 39, l4. Gods, Cave: 36, 12. Goldie, D: 4l, 19. Gough' s Cave: 33, 5: 33, 12: 41, 8: 42, 12. Gours: 41, 14. Green Ore Cave: 39, 14. Haquin, Trou d': 39, 6. Harvey, P.I.W: 26, 3: 27, 2: 27, 4: 30, 10: 38, 5. Hill, A: 29, 2: 30, 5. Hillgrove Hut: See Hut at Hillgrove. Holloway, H: 38, 4. Holwell Cave: 31, 15 Hooper, J.H.D: 29, 7: 29, 14: 37, 6: 38, 8: 42, 4. Hooper, W.N: 39, 6. Hunter's Lodge Swallets: 26, 1: 27, 4: 29, 14. Hut at Beechbarrow: see Beechbarrow Hut. Hut, New, at Hillgrove: 33, 1: 33, 2: 34, 1: 34, 4: 35, 1: 36, 1: 36, 8: 37, 1: 37, 3: 37, 8: 38, 1: 40, 1: 41. 3: 42, 1: 43, 1: 43, 6: 43, 9. Hut, new, at Hillgrove: Overnight Fee for: 41, 4. Hutton Cave: 39, 13. Hyaena Den: 40, 4. Iceland, Caves in: 38, 10. Ingleton: 34, 13. International Congress of Speleology: 29, 7: 34, 7. Ireby Fell Cavern: 34, 11. Japan, print showing "rites" in cave: 38, 9. Joly, R. de: 29, 9. Journal, title first used: 31, 1. See also Circular. Kenney, C.H: 26, 7: 28, 17: 30, 7: 31, 15: 34, 3: 38, 7: 39, 13: 42, 9. Kent's Cavern: 42, 11. Kuh-i-Shuh Caves: 42, 4. Lacave, Grotte de: 41, 15. Ladders. Light metal: 27, 8: 29, 11: 34, 9: 40, 8. Wooden: 27, 8. Lamb Leer: 26, 4: 27, 11: 29, 4: 29, 11: 33, 13: 34, 9: 39, 4: 39, 12: 40, 3. Lancaster Hole: See Easegill Caverns. Lascaux: 41, 15. Lawder, P.B: 34, 9: 35, 5: 36, 10: 37, 13: 39, 5. Library, Club: 26, 5: 27, 2: 32, 5: 33, 3: 37, 8: 38, 21: 43, 4. Liechtenstein Klamm: 32, 6. Litter in caves: 37, 6: 38, 3: 38, 4: 39, 2: 39, 5: 42, 2: 43, 10. Little, W.H: 30, 4. Littondale: 35, 6. Lloyd, O.C: 36, 12: 38, 6: 39, 5: 40, 5: 40, 8: 41, 5: 41, 18: 43, 5. Lodge, J: 31, 14. London Group of W.C.C: 32, 3: 33, 1: 34, 3: 37, 4: 38, 1: 38, 8: 39, 14: 43, 9. Long Churn Cave: 40, 9. Longwood Swallet: 38, 4. Lost caves of Mendip: 39, 12. Loxton Cave: 28, 4: 38, 12: 39, 14. Ludwell Cave: 29, 5: 31, 5: 31, 10. Geology of: 31, 8. Survey of: 31, 7. Luire, Grotte de la: 29, 7: 38, 14. Mackintosh, I: 34, 11. McKeand, Major: 38, 5. Marble Steps pot: 28, 11: 28, 13. Marvels, Cave of: See Nierveilles, Grotte des. Members, Lists of: 27, 12: 33, 16: 40, 15. Mendip Rescue Organisation: See Rescue Organisation, Mendip. Merveilles, Grotte de: 41, 16. Millward, L.W: 30, 13: 32, 10: 35, 1: 40, 2: 41, 2. Mouthe, La: 40, 13. Niaux, Grotte de: 38, 14, Niphargus: 39, 15. Nods Pot: 39, 9. Ogof Ffynnon Ddu: 27, 6: 27, 8: 30, 4: 34, 10. Orgnac, Aven d': 29, 9. Oxford Pot: See Easegill Caverns. , Padirac, Gouffre de: 41, 16. Pagan's Hill, Roman Well at: 30, 12. Palmer, Prof: 29, 4. Peak Cavern: 27, 5: 29, 4. Pech-Merle: 41, 17. Persia, Caves in: 42, 4. Photograph, Club album : 27, 11: 38, 1. Photography, Cave-: 30, 10: 33, 9: 34, 17. Piper's Hole, Tresco: 38, 9. Pixie Hole: 38, 4. Pixies Hole: 42, 10. Plumley's Den: 39, 13. Poll Lislarheenbeg: 32, 11. Pollnagollom: 32, 11. Presque, Grotte de: 41, 17. Pridhamsleigh Cave: 42, 10. Proumeyssac, Gouffre de: 41, 14. Quaking House Cave: 31, 15. Radford Cave: 42, 10. Rahtz, P.A: 26, 3: 27, 11: 28, 5: 30, 12: 40, 2. Railton, C.L: 30, 4. Railway, Electric, in cave: 41, 15. Read's Cavern: 31, 10: 40, 3. Reed's Cavern (Buckfastleigh): 42, 11. Rescue Organisation, Mendip: 28, 2: 30, 4: 34, 5: 35, 2: 36, 3: 39, 1: 40, 3. Resistivity Method of Cave Location: 29, 4. R.N.Ski and Mountaineering Club, visit to Lamb Leer: 39, 4. Rock Climbing: 34, 8: 35, 4: 36, 7. Rome, catacombs at: 32, 7. Russell, K.E.G: 38, 6. St Dunstan's Well: 40, 6. St Swithin: 41, 18. Salmon, B: 32, 6. Sandford, C.H: 38, 9. Saye's Hole: 33, 6. Scalloping: 33, 15: 34, 17. Scilly Isles, Cave in the: 38, 9. Sea, A Caver at: 36, 10: 37, 13. Sellers, R.T: 33, 11: 39, 16. Sell Gill: 40, 9: 43, 5. Shaw, T.R: 32, 3: 39, 14: 40, 3. Shrewsbury Chronicle: 38, 10. Sidcot Spelaeological Society: 28, 4: 39, 9. Sidcot Swallet: 39, 14. Slitter Hole: 33, 6. Stanton, W: 26, 7: 26, 12: 27, 3: 28, 4: 28, 18: 31, 8: 32, 4: 33, 5: 34, 17: 35, 8: 37, 10: 38, 17: 39, 3: 41, 8: 42, 1: 42, 13. Steep Holm, Visit to: 35, 3: 41, 2. Stoke Lane Swallet: 26, 4: 27, 7: 28, 16: 28, 18: 34, 4: 36, 12: 39, 12: 40, 2: 40, 6. Stoke-on-Trent Pothole Club: 26, 4: 27, 7: 28, 7: 29, 11: 32, 1: 34, 11: 40, 8. Street, Underground Tunnel at: 35, 8: 37, 10: 39, 15. Subscriptions, Overdue: 26, 2: 29, 1: 35, 2: 37, 2: 38, 2: 41, 5: 43, 1: 43, 4: 43, 12.
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