190 FOSSIL HUMAN JAW. [l863. 



Prestwich' s pen. The following note bears reference 

 to it : 



From John Evans to J. Prestwich. 



NASH MILLS, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, June 17, 1863. 



MY DEAR PRESTWICH, I got back to London this morning, 

 having left Belfast yesterday and spent the day in Dublin. I 

 had to get down here by midday or I would have called, as I 

 should like to have had a chat with you about two letters I have 

 seen to-day yours to the ' Athenseum,' and one to me from 

 Keeping. I think yours "judicious," and at the same time 

 " suggestive." It gives one rather the impression of a palimp- 

 sest MS., in which beneath the modern writing one can discern 

 the traces of an earlier and more valuable document. However, 

 I quite agree with your standing up for your French and absent 

 friends, and admire your audacity in calling my deliberate ex- 

 pression of opinion after holding my tongue so patiently, " think- 

 ing aloud." Also aren't the finger and brush marks just like 

 sand scratches ? Mes yeux ! as Quatrefages would say. . . . 



J. Prestwich to H. Falconer. 2 SUFFOLK LANE, 19th June 1863. 



MY DEAR FALCONER, Pray think over what I talked to you 

 about yesterday. Eemember that Delesse particularly asked to 

 have any errata or omissions pointed out to him for correction, 

 I presume before publishing in France. How much better that 

 the version so corrected should be published there and here, than 

 that a wrong version should appear, subject to comments and 

 corrections which would be unnecessary and superfluous, if, in 

 conformity with Delesse's wish, the opportunity be given him to 

 correct if he saw occasion. I do not in fact see how, without 

 offence, publication can take place without previous communica- 

 tion. I should feel aggrieved if I were in Delesse's place. You 

 have known my opinion all along about these corrections, and I 

 think you have seen Delesse's letters both to Dr C. and to me. 

 I told Delesse I saw little to alter, and that agreeably with your 

 request I had returned you the Proces Verbaux to complete your 

 examination of them. Any notes or corrections beyond my own 

 remarks I of course did not touch upon, presuming that each 



