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they are types of the cave men of the mammoth 

 age in Europe. Another example is the remarkable 

 skeleton of Mentone, in the south of France, found 

 under circumstances equally suggestive of great anti- 

 quity. Dr. Riviere, in a memoir on this skeleton, 

 illustrated by two beautiful photographs, shows that 

 the characters of the skull and of the bones of the 

 limbs are similar to those of the Cro-magnon skeleton, 

 indicating a perfect identity of race, while the objects 

 found with the skeleton are similar in character. 

 I had an opportunity of verifying his description by 

 an examination of the skeleton in the Museum of the 

 Jardin des Plantes, in 1883 ; and more jecent dis- 

 coveries at Mentone have confirmed the conclusion 

 that this man really represents a race of giants, some 

 of them seven feet high, who inhabited Southern 

 Europe in the palanthropic age. A similar skeleton 

 found by Carthaillac, at Laugerie Basse, was buried 

 under a great thickness of accumulated debris of 

 cookery, as well as of large stones fallen from above. 

 This skeleton had its shell ornaments in place on the 

 forehead, arms, legs and feet, in a manner which 

 would induce the belief that they had been attached 

 to a head-dress, sleeves, leggings, and shoes or mo- 

 casins. (See illustration on p. 79.) 



The ornaments of Cro-magnon were perforated 

 shells from the Atlantic and pieces of ivory. Those 

 at Mentone were perforated Neritince from the Medi- 

 terranean and canine teeth of the deer. In both 

 cases there was evidence that these ancient people 



