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individual at the bottom of tlie cave, and also an elephant's 

 tooth. This skull was entire, but when Schmerling tried to 

 lift it up it fell into dust excepting some pieces of the jaws. 

 The other human bones found by Schmerling, clavicle, radius, 

 and carpus, as well as bones of the foot, did not excite so much 

 interest, but they showed that they belonged to three diflferent 

 individuals. Schmerling had the whole cave emptied, but he 

 did not succeed in finding the component parts of the whole 

 skeleton. In front of the aperture of the cave was osseous 

 earth, covered with a luxuriant vegetation. It was thus cer- 

 tain that only separate putrid portions of human bodies had 

 been carried into the cave by the waters along with the bones 

 of bears. The difficulty of access and the absence of certain 

 bones render the assumption that several human bodies had 

 been buried in the cave impossible. 



In another cave, that of Engihoul, there were also found, 

 and under the same conditions, the remains of at least three 

 individuals. Here were only found some insignificant cranial 

 fragments, though a large quantity of the bones of the extre- 

 mities. There was also found a piece of the radius and of the 

 elbow cemented together by stalactite, and Schmerling calls 

 attention to the fact that all conditions, including the pecuhar 

 distribution of the bones, were quite the same as with the 

 bones of other animals. 



In Southern France there runs along the Pyrenees a chain 

 of low chalk mountains, which are remarkably torn up and 

 fissured. Two caves found in this range, namely the caves of 

 Lombrive and Lherm, Department of Ariege, have recently 

 acquired importance by the discovery of entire skulls and re- 

 markable implements. I give you the details, because a pam- 

 phlet pubHshed at Toulouse by Messrs. Eames, Grarrigou, and 

 Filhol does not seem to have excited any attention, and also 

 because I was fortunate enough to examine two skulls which 

 Dr. Garrigou brought to Geneva. It is the more surprising 

 that Lyell should have taken no notice of this discovery, as we 

 know that he has at least heard of it, and as this discovery is 

 in every respect more important than many others made in 

 England which excited so much attention. 



