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The illustrated series serve to show the correspondence, in 

 many respects, between the implements found in tumuli, 

 caves and pits, and those in use at the present day, and also 

 the manner of attaching the stone or other implement to the 

 wooden handle. The resemblance between the objects from 

 the French caves and those still made and used by the 

 Esquimaux, is very striking. 



Among many other objects of interest, one specially deserv- 

 ing notice is the cast of a portion of the tusk of a Mammoth, 

 found in the Eock Shelter of Madeleine, Dordogne, upon 

 which is traced in outline the animal (Mammoth) itself The 

 specimen from which this cast has been taken was discovered 

 in May, 1864, by M. Lartet, M. de Verneuil, and the late 

 Dr. Falconer. 



The " Squire and Davis" collection, which was formed by 

 those gentlemen from excavations made in barrows and huge 

 mounds in the valley of the Mississippi, and which have been 

 recorded in the Transactions of the Smithsonian Institution of 

 Washington, U.S., was purchased by Wm. Blackmore, Esq., 

 and is now lodged in tins Museum at Salisbury, an acquisition 

 of which any country may be proud. 



