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of art and human remains, Professor Owen is of opinion that the latter 
will prove to be, perhaps, the oldest. yet discovered.—Dr. Falconer 
spoke at great length on the various classes of cave-remains, but 
principally to point out the inaccuracy of Dr. Schmerling’s descrip- 
tions of animals from the Liége caverns.—As the enumeration and 
description of the animals met with in the cavern at Bruniquel will 
form the subject of a future paper, Mr. John Evans, who had visited 
the cave, thought it would be unwise to discuss the question of the 
antiquity of the remains without such data.—Professor Busk described 
a cavern lately opened at Gibraltar from which parts of as many as 
thirty-fiveseparate human remains had been found associated with works 
of art of all ages from the historic to the stone age, and with remains of 
Rhinoceros, Hyzena, and other animals extinct in Europe. Some of the 
human remains were very remarkable indeed, and would be shortly 
described.—Professor Huxley defended the Engis skull, upon which a 
doubt had been thrown by Dr. Falconer. He (Prof. H.) looked with 
distrust on the contemporaneity of bones buried in breccia—he con- 
sidered there was prima facie evidence that the human remains were 
newer.—Professor Owen defended the contemporaneity of the human 
and animal remains, and reasserted their antiquity ; he believed the 
cavern had been inhabited for ages. —General Sabine (the Chairman) 
then summed up and returned thanks, and the meeting ended. 
In a Report by M. Milne-Edwards, recently made to the French 
Academy, the following notices refer to Geology, and indicate so 
much important progress in the provinces and principal cities in 
France, that the record cannot fail to be interesting. It will also be 
useful to many readers of the GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE :—Marseilles : 
A medal to M. Coquand for researches on the Geology and Palzon- 
tology of the Province of Constantine (Algeria). Notice of a 
memoir by M. Matheron on the Tertiaries of Provence, and by 
M. Reynés on the boundaries of the Cretaceous rocks of the same 
province.—Montpelier : Gold medal to M. Gervais for his Palzon- 
tological researches.— Dijon : Notice of researches by M. Perrey on 
certain relations between earthquakes and the position of the moon, 
indicating tides in the interior of the earth.— Toulouse: Notes by 
M. Leymerie on the Geological Constitution of the Valley of the 
Ariége ; and by M. Filhol on the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees. 
— Bordeaux : Examination of the Biarritz Tertiaries by M. Gosselet. 
— St. Etienne: Memoir of the Sulphur-mines of Sicily by M. de la 
Bretoigne ; on the granular Iron-ore of Audricourt, by M. Maussier ; 
and on the Anthracite- and Coal-mines of the Sarthe and the 
Mayenne, by M. Dorlhac.—Zyons: Memoir on the Jura, by M. 
Fournet ; and remarks on the influence of the miner on civilization, 
by the same author.—Grenoble: Researches by M. Lory on the 
Geology of the Alps.— Metz: Researches by M. ‘Terquem on the 
Foraminifera of the Lias.—D. T. A. 
Tue following Medals recently voted by the French Academy 
relate to Geological work :—Gold medal to M. Eudes-Deslongchamps 
for his Paleontological researches, and chiefly his work on Teleo- 
saurus. Silver medal to M. Coquand for his work on the Geology 
