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the skill tliey displayed in their drawings of animals, that — savages 

 as they undoubtedly were — they were no inferior race, but possessed 

 of both physical strength and great ingenuity, which placed under 

 more favourable conditions might have brought forth good results. 



One of the animals whose remains have been found in six or 

 seven different localities in the caves of Central and Southern 

 France, deserves special notice. It is that of the Saiga Antelope, 

 now found living on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains and 

 the shores and islands of the Sea of Azof. Strange to state, only 

 the horncores have been found, yet their peculiar form convinced 

 M. Lartet that his determination of these remains as belonging to 

 the Saiga was correct. 



He suggests that the long, solid, and pointed horns of the Saiga, 

 so well adapted to make formidable weapons, may have been 

 obtained as articles of barter from a more eastern j)eople, with 

 whom this antelope was indigenous. Numerous plates (accom- 

 panied by descriptions) of stone implements and Keindeer-horns 

 carved and perforated, for use or ornament, increase the interest of 

 this work, a lasting memorial of our much-lamented countryman 

 Henry Christy. 



A cromlech in Jersey, recently opened, was found to contain, 

 besides broken pottery, nine urns, osseous remains, charred wood, 

 and ashes, a stone amulet (drilled with two holes), and a few flint 

 flakes. Several ancient bronze wedges were picked up near the 

 same spot. 



Mr, J. W. Flower read a paper before the Geological Society, 

 on 28th April, "On the Distribution of Flint Implements in the 

 Drift, with reference to some recent Discoveries in Norfolk and 

 Sufiblk." Mr. Flower suggested that the implements belonged to 

 a period antecedent to the true Kiver-gravels, when the valleys of 

 the little Ouse and other tributary streams were tidal: to this 

 Messrs. Prestwich, Kamsay, and Evans demur, holding that all the 

 gravels with flint implements are of fluviatile origin. Mr. Searles 

 V. Wood, jun., however, to a certain extent supports the view taken 

 by Mr. Flower, and considers a part of these gi'avels at least to 

 be due to tidal action. Mr. T. C. Wallbridge, at the same meeting, 

 mentioned (in a paper "On the Geology of Hastings County, 

 Canada West ") that in a deposit of Hasmatite, called the " Kane 

 Ore-bed," ancient workings were discovered — apparently those of 

 Indians, who may have used the ochre for war-paint. Ho met 

 with bone needles and other objects of human workmanship, which 

 he exhibited. 



