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ranged fnr the next day, l)Ut tbis was made impossible by rainy 

 weatber. Instead of this a very stimulating trip was taken along the 

 archeologically important Meuse Valley from Xamur to the French 

 boundary. 



Upon entering France the first visit paid was that to the St. Acheul 

 and Montier quarries about Amiens. These gravel and sand deposits 

 are still l)eing" worked and they are still yielding Acheulean and 

 Chellean and possibly other ancient implements ; but since the death 

 of AI. Commont, no one is watching the work and the implements 

 recovered by the workmen are being sold b}- them to tourists or anyone 

 who cares for them. From Amiens a visit was made to Abbeville, 

 where similar conditions were found to exist. 



The next stage was Paris, with a visit to the Laboratoire d'Anthro- 

 pologie (Professor ]\Ianouvrier) and to the Institut de Paleontologie 

 humaine ; after which Dr. Hrdlicka with all the students proceeded 

 to Bordeaux where they attended (Dr. Hrdlicka as a foreign guest) 

 the meeting of the Association Frangaise pour I'Avancement des 

 Sciences. The meeting of the anthropological section of the associa- 

 tion was almost entirely devoted to man's prehistory in France and 

 X'orthern Africa and was very interesting, particularly in its discus- 

 sions. In connection with the meeting an examination was made of 

 the prehistoric collections in the Bordeaux Aluseum and of the rich 

 private collections of Dr. Lalanne ; while excursions were made to 

 various other collections and prehistoric sites ( Bourg, cave Pere-non- 

 Pere, valley of the A'ezere). 



On the return trip from Bordeaux, a stop was made at St. Germain 

 where, under the guidance of AI. Hubert, the Curator, the richest 

 prehistoric museum of France was examined. This museum belongs 

 to the government. It is located in a large, ancient palace and contains 

 vast prehistoric collections, including most of the precious objects 

 relating to the arts of ancient man that have so far been discovered 

 in France. 



The continuation of the journey led to Germany, to the cities of 

 Tiibingen, Stuttgart, Frankfort. Heidelberg, Weimar and Berlin, in 

 the institutions of which are preserved highly valuable remains both of 

 early man and fossil European anthropoid apes, all of which, together 

 with most of the sites from which they were derived, were re-exam- 

 ined. In addition, the occasion was utilized for participating in the 

 Congress of the German Anthropologists at Tubingen. jNIany favors 

 were received from them and from the paleontologists, particularly 

 from Professors Schmidt and Ilenig in Tubingen. Martin Schmidt in 



