Scientific Intelligence, Sfc. 393 



IV. — Discovery of a new Cave, containing Bones. 



This cave has been discovered by M. Julie, at Nabrigas, about two , 

 leagues from Meyrueis, a small town in Lozere. It is situated in 

 magnesian limestone, about 300 yards above the level of the Junta, 

 a torrent which runs past it. The height is such as to dispense 

 with stooping— the length of the principal gallery is about 300 

 yards. The surface of the cave is strewed over with large masses of 

 dolomite, whose angles have been broken off, and water saturated 

 with lime, trickles down the sides. The latter produces a quantity 

 of stalagmites and mud. Over, and mixed with the latter, are dis- 

 tributed manv bones in an entire state. They are less abundant in 

 the middle of the cave than at its sides. According to M. Joly, 

 these fossils belong to bears and sheep. Those which have been ex- 

 tracted are, 



Bears.— A scull of Ursus Arctoidmis; three inferior left jaws 

 of adults ; one right inferior jaw of an adult ; a great number of mo- 

 lar-canine and incisor-teeth, belonging to individuals of all ages ; 

 four omoplates, more or less entire ; one of them is so very small, 

 that it may have belonged to a foetus ; an adult humerus, the extre- 

 mities of which are blunted, but not by friction ; three adult cubiti ; 

 two adult tibia; ; three adult femora ; four adult radii ; several 

 phalanges : two young crania, one nearly entire ; of the other, only 

 the frontal and parietal bones remain, which retain their sutures 

 perfect ; five very young inferior jaws, in which the anterior molar 

 is preceded by two, and sometimes by three alveoli; four young 

 humeri with epiphyses ; two young cubiti ; two young fibulae. 



Sheep. — Two right inferior jaws ; a humerus; a cubitus; a cal- 

 caneum, and a great number of bones of birds. A fragment of pot- 

 tery was also found, forming the lower part of a vase. The diameter 

 of its bottom is -145 metres; that of its sides about a quarter of 

 an inch; their external surfaces being furrowed for the sake of 

 ornament. It has obviously been dried in the fire. No human 

 bones have been found.— (Bibliotheque Universelle, April, 1835, 

 p. 356.) 



V.— Remarkable Case of Convulsions. 



The following case is related by Professor Prevost, of Geneva 

 (Bibliothequc Universelle, April, 18*5), and relates to 14th July, 

 1803 • 



The patient was a mild and sensible woman, incapable of feigning 

 complaints to which she was not subject. She had naturally a false 

 voice, but it often happened that, in the midst of a serious conversa- 

 tion, she would begin to sing with correct notes. This attack ended 

 suddenly, and generally in the middle of a tune. If she attempted 

 to renew her singing, the notes were all false. For a long time she 

 could only taste certain kinds of food ; if she attempted to convey 

 any other to the mouth, she was seized with a spasm of the gullet, 

 which completely prevented the passage of the food. At one time 

 she could cat nothing but a custard without sugar ; at another time 



