G. GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY AND ZOOLOGY. 229 

 HUMAN SKELETON FROM MENTONE. 



We not long since gave an account of the discovery of a 

 remarkable human skeleton found at a depth of twelve feet 

 in the earth of a cave of the Reindeer period, in Laugerie- 

 Basse, Dordogne, France, and we now have a notice by Riv- 

 iere of a skeleton of about the same age found in a bone cave 

 near Mentone, in Italy, on the 26th of March last. The cave 

 itself had been frequently explored in the interest of archae- 

 ology, numerous interesting specimens having been discov- 

 ered of marine and lacustrine shells, various bones, bone im- 

 plements, teeth and jaws of cave bears and pachyderms, ru- 

 minants, etc., etc. The skull was covered with numerous 

 perforated shells of the genus JVassa, as also with certain per- 

 forated teeth of the deer. A pointed bone implement was 

 laid upon the skull, and behind it two flint arrow-heads. The 

 bones had maintained their shape tolerably well, although 

 somewhat distorted by the superincumbent pressure. 



Around the skeleton were various implements of unpolished 

 flint, an awl, the incisor bones of oxen, deer, pig, etc., and va- 

 rious shells. 6 B.April 29, 1872, 1205. 



CHIPPED FLINTS IN INDIA. 



At a late meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal a collec- 

 tion of chipped flint implements was exhibited by Mr. Blan- 

 ford, found about forty miles west of Bhadrachalan, on the 

 Godavery. The forms of these implements were those most 

 frequently found in the French gravels, and varied in length 

 from three to five inches. The place where they occurred 

 was in a dense jungle, and the implements had evidently 

 been chipped from pebbles. 12 A.Dec. 14, 1871, 131. 



NEPHRITE AXE FOUND ON THE AMOOR RIVER. 



In making an excavation on the banks of the Amoor River, 

 a stone axe of nephrite, or jade, and beautifully finished, was 

 found at a depth of about three feet. This fact is the more 

 interesting as it bears upon the question in regard to the cel- 

 ebrated stone-tipped arrows which were used by the prime- 

 val inhabitants of Mantchooria as late as the twelfth century. 

 It was with arrows winged with eagles' feathers and tipped 

 with nephrite points that this people paid their tribute to 



