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one in 1865 and one in 1867. They contain, chiefly, descriptions 
of the “ Pfahlbau ” of Wismar, and of the bones and the objects of 
human workmanship which have been found in it. As some dis- 
cussion arose in Germany concerning the authentic nature of this 
pile-dwelling, these collected reports by Dr. Lisch will, no doubt, 
be welcomed by students of Pre-historic Archeology. 
M. Husson has published a collection of his pamphlets on the 
Antiquity of Man under the title, ‘‘ Origine de ’Espece Humaine 
dans les Environs de Toul par rapport au Diluvium Alpin.” Most of 
these papers have appeared previously in the ‘ Comptes Rendus,’ and 
the chief conclusion which the author endeavours to establish is, 
that man did not exist during the epoch of the Alpine Diluvium. 
The antiquities found in the tumulus known as the Butte- 
Ronde have been splendidly illustrated in a memoir by the Due de 
Luynes, entitled, “ Notice sur des fouilles exécutées 4 Butte-Ronde 
pres Dampierre (Seine-et-Oise).” They consist of Roman coins, 
bronze ornaments, iron tools, numerous ornamented jars, and other 
objects in pottery, and a few broken glass vases, with flint and 
stone implements, and some bones of an herbivorous animal, at 
least one of which had been submitted to the action of fire. 
The second volume of M. Dupont’s collected papers on the 
Belgian caverns, published under the title ‘Notices préliminaires 
sur les fouilles exécutées dans les cayernes de la Belgique,’ has 
recently appeared. It contains three- pamphlets, two of which are 
descriptions of addition caverns, and the third, to which we shall 
confine our attention, is on the “ Ethnography of the People of the 
Reindeer-age in the valley of the Lesse.” M. Dupont infers from 
the pyramidal architecture of the skulls, and the lozenge-like form 
of the face, that the reindeer-folk belonged to the Turanian branch 
of the Uralo-Altaic family. They rarely attaied the middle height, 
and generally speaking it may be said that individuals of small 
stature are abundant, while those above the middle height are ex- 
ceptional. The characters of the pelvis and of the bones of the 
extremities are indicative of great muscular power and of consider- 
able agility. The mortality of the infants and youths appears to 
have been very great; while the preponderance of the remains of 
females seems to show that large numbers of the men died from 
injuries which prevented their regaining their own homes. Several 
of the bones which have been obtained also exhibit evidences of 
disease. Amongst other noticeable points we may mention that 
M. Dupont credits these people with having been endowed with 
considerable curiosity and a love of investigation, as they made col- 
lections of fossil shells, pyrites, fluorspar, &c.; and with a love of ° 
decoration, as witnessed by the numbers of ornaments which have 
been found in the caves. Possibly to the latter cause should also 
be assigned the collection of shells, &c., most of which have been 
