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same occasional presence of Mammalian remains. I 

 infer, therefore, that the originating cause was the 

 same in all these instances. 



In contrast with these remains of Quaternary age, 

 are those of the more recent fauna, found in the 

 cavities or caves in the older breccia, which have 

 served as habitations for Neolithic Man, or as dens 

 for wild animals of existing species. In these newer 

 caves, the bones are as usual worn and gnawed. 



Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearic Islands. 

 Similar phenomena, but less definite in their character, 

 have been noticed in all the islands, though the 

 larger Mammalia are in general absent. There are 

 the same old beaches, the same surface detritus, and 

 the same Ossiferous fissures, all indicating the action 

 of the same agencies, with slight modifications due to 

 their insular position. 



Italy and Dalmcitia. In Italy the Pleistocene 

 beaches of the neighbourhood of Genoa and Leghorn, 

 and the Ossiferous breccia, which is not distinguish- 

 able from that of Gibraltar, of the fissures in the 

 vicinity of Pisa, have long been known. These 

 breccias contain the remains of a few Carnivora and 

 Ruminants together with land shells Helix and Cy- 

 clostoma. More recently Professor Capellini has de- 

 scribed a fissure near Spezzia in which he found the 

 remains of the Hippopotamus, which is so abundant 

 in the breccia in the neighbourhood of Palermo. 



Istria and Dalmatia present similar features, but 

 details are wanting. The Abbe Fortis, in the last 

 century, spoke of the " extraordinary abundance of 



