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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



modest parks lies on the north bank of the Marne about twelve miles 

 east of Paris. It is built on the southern slope of a low eminence, with 

 a southern exposure. 



Alighting from the train, and accompanied by Professor Paul Bar* 

 bier, we drove to the house of the Abbe Alfred Bonno, to whom we had 

 been referred as distinguished by his knowledge of the prehistoric 

 archeology of Chelles and its neighborhood. We were most cordially 

 met by the Abbe, and before accompanying us to the quarries he invited 

 us to examine the large collection of prehistoric remains which was 

 stored in the attic of his house. It comprised very full series of stone 

 implements from the bottom to the top of the paleolithic, including 



The Sand-pits near Chelles. 



not only the Chellean and Acheulean, but also those of Moustierian age, 

 up to the Magdalenian subdivisions, with some Solutrian lance-points. 

 There were also numerous polished stone axes taken from the loam 

 about the town, as well as Gallo-Koman bronze spear-heads, and 

 finally iron weapons of war, as Chelles was once the center of the 

 Merovingian kingdom. There were also fine knives of flint dug up 

 from the gravels of the Fontainebleau forest. An examination, even 

 if a hasty one, of such a rich local collection was the best possible prep- 

 aration for our visit to the quarries. 



We then drove to the neighborhood of the sand pits, walking to 

 them from the end of the road, through the fields and by a shaded 

 path, until we came out into an open space to the edge of the 

 pits. 



