548 Man and extinct Mammalia. 



ing of the Mammoth with shaggy mane, executed on 

 part of a tusk of the gigantic beast. Should anyone 

 still feel inclined to doubt the strati graphical evidence 

 that man was contemporary with the Mammoth, he will 

 probably feel compelled to admit the evidence yielded 

 by this tusk. 1 



Further, in the surface strata of the Meuse, called 

 Loess near Maestricht, human skeletons with some 

 abnormal peculiarities are said to have been found. I 

 have seen these bones, which certainly have an antique 

 look, but some doubt exists as to the precise circum- 

 stances under which they were discovered. In the 

 same neighbourhood, however, it is certain that a human 

 jaw was found in strata containing the remains of 

 Mammoths, &c. Many other examples might be given., 

 of the remains of old races of men in such like caverns 

 or in river deposits ; but enough has been said to show 

 that there can be no doubt that man was contemporary 

 with extinct Mammalia ; and there can be little doubt 

 that his origin in our island dates back to a time when 

 the country was united to the mainland, and that, 

 along with the great hairy Mammoth, the Ehinoceros, 

 the Hippopotamus, Lion, Hyaena, and other mammalia 

 partly extinct, he travelled hither at a time when the 

 arts were so rude, that he had no means of coming 

 except on foot. 



One word more on a kindred subject. Round great 

 part of our coast we find terraces from twenty to fifty 

 feet above the level of the sea, and in some places the 



1 A fine specimen of this cave bone-breccia, with a needle and 

 flint implement, may be seen in the Museum of Practical Geology, 

 together with casts in plaster of some of the carved figures. The 

 originals, including the figure of the Elephas primigenius, belong 

 to the British Museum. 



