294 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



mark; and M. Conestabile, for Italy. There was no one 

 there to represent America in this connection. The special 

 object of the Congress was the discussion of subjects con- 

 nected with archaeology and the prehistory of Belgium ; and 

 the principal results reached by the discussion are stated to 

 be that the elements of the prehistoric j)opulations, even of 

 the age of stone, are discernible in the present people ; also 

 that even in the most remote ages the migration of races 

 took place on a scale much more extensive, and with more 

 frequency than has been believed until quite recently. In 

 addition to the papers laid before the meeting, various ex- 

 cursions took place for the purpose of examining the prehis- 

 toric remains in the vicinity of Brussels. Before closing it 

 was decided to hold sessions hereafter biennially instead of 

 annually. 



The next meeting is to be held at Stockholm in 1874, and 

 Prince Oscar of Sweden (now king) was nominated by accla- 

 mation for the presidency. 12 A, August 29, 1872, 355. 



SKELETON OF BAOUSSE-EOUSSE. 



The discovery of a human skeleton in a cave on the Italian 

 frontier near Mentone, by Dr. E. Riviere, has excited great 

 interest among ethnologists, in view of its association in point 

 of time with the remains of extinct animals, being one of the 

 best authenticated occurrences of the kind on record. At 

 the time of the discovery Dr. Riviere was engaged in the ex- 

 ploration of bone caves, under the authority of the French 

 government, and had obtained numerous remains of birds, 

 gigantic stags, hyenas, rhinoceroses, and other animals. 



The cavern in which the discovery took place (Baousse- 

 rousse) is near the line of railway from Mentone to Vinti- 

 mille, and the skeleton was found beneath a layer of earth 

 several yards in thickness. It is of the ordinary size, and 

 entire, with the exception of the ribs, which were broken by 

 the pressure of the superincumbent earth. The teeth and 

 lower jaw are in a good state of preservation. The skull 

 differs from the rest of the bones in being of a deep brick- 

 red color. From the attitude it would appear as if the man 

 had died in his sleep, and was carefully covered over with- 

 out disturbing the earth beneath. Stones were placed at 

 the back and sides, as if to indicate the outline of the grave. 



