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alveoli and the teeth, shows that the molars had not yet 

 pierced the gum. Detached milk molars and some frag- 

 ments of a human skull, proceed from this same place. 

 The figure 3, represents a human superior incisor tooth, 

 the size of which is truly remarkable.* 



Figure 4 is a fragment of a superior maxillary bone, 

 the molar teeth of which are worn down to the roots. 



I possess two vertebrae, a first and last dorsal. 



A clavicle of the left side (see Plate III, Hg. 1) ; al- 

 though it belonged to a young individual, this bone shows 

 that he must have been of great stature. f 



Two fragments of the radius, badly preserved, do not 

 indicate that the height of the man, to w T hom they be- 

 longed, exceeded five feet and a half. 



As to the remains of the upper extremities, those which 

 are in my possession, consist merely of a fragment of an 

 ulna and of a radius (Plate III, fig. 5 and 6). 



Figure 2, Plate IY, represents a metacarpal bone, 

 contained in the breccia, of which we have spoken ; it 

 was found in the lower part above the cranium : add to 

 this some metacarpal bones, found at very different dis- 

 tances, half-a-dozen metatarsals, three phalanges of the 

 hand, and one of the foot. 



This is a brief enumeration of the remains of human 

 bones collected in the cavern of Engis, which has pre- 

 served for us the remains of three individuals, surrounded 

 by those of the Elephant, of the Rhinoceros, and of Car- 

 nivora of species unknown in the present creation." 



* In a subsequent passage, Schmerling remarks upon the occurrence of an 

 incisor tooth ' of enormous size ' from the caverns of Engihoul. The tooth 

 figured is somewhat long, but its dimensions do not appear to me to be other- 

 wise remarkable. 



f The figure of this clavicle measures 5 inches from end to end in a 

 straight line — so that the bone is rather a small than a large one. 



