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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [June 
  22, 
  

  

  3. 
  On 
  some 
  Bone- 
  and 
  Cave-deposits 
  of 
  the 
  Reindeer-period 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  Prance. 
  By 
  John 
  Evans, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  [This 
  paper 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Council.] 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  The 
  deposits 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  particularly 
  called 
  attention 
  in 
  

   this 
  paper 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  and 
  are 
  still 
  being 
  explored 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  MM. 
  Lartet 
  and 
  Christy, 
  and 
  which 
  were 
  

   visited 
  by 
  him 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  gentleman, 
  and 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton, 
  Prof. 
  Rupert 
  Jones, 
  Capt. 
  Galton, 
  

   Mr. 
  Lubbock, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Eranks. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans 
  first 
  gave 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  features 
  

   of 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Yezere, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  caverns 
  of 
  

   Badegoule, 
  Le 
  Moustier, 
  La 
  Madeleine, 
  Laugerie-Haute, 
  Laugerie- 
  

   Basse, 
  the 
  Gorge 
  d'Enfer, 
  and 
  Les 
  Eyzies, 
  with 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   animal-remains 
  discovered, 
  which 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   species 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  caverns. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  then 
  discussed 
  the 
  antiquity 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  according 
  

   to 
  four 
  methods 
  of 
  inquiry, 
  namely, 
  from 
  geological 
  considerations 
  

   with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  character 
  and 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  caves 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  

   palaeontological 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  remains 
  found 
  in 
  them 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  

   archaeological 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  human 
  workmanship 
  ; 
  and 
  

   from 
  a 
  comparison 
  with 
  similar 
  deposits 
  in 
  neighbouring 
  districts 
  in 
  

   France 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  they 
  belonged 
  to 
  a 
  

   period 
  subsequent 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Elephas 
  jprimigenius 
  and 
  Rhinoceros 
  

   tichorhinus, 
  but 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  Reindeer 
  and 
  

   some 
  other 
  animals 
  now 
  extinct 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

  

  4. 
  On 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  Rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Donetz, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Granite 
  

   and 
  Granitic 
  Detritus 
  of 
  the 
  Neighbourhood 
  of 
  St. 
  Petersburg. 
  

   By 
  Professor 
  J. 
  Helmersen. 
  

  

  [In 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  Sir 
  R. 
  I. 
  Murchison, 
  K.C.B., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  &c] 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  The 
  Carboniferous 
  Rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Donetz 
  were 
  stated 
  by 
  Professor 
  

   Helmersen 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  richer 
  than 
  is 
  generally 
  supposed, 
  nearly 
  

   four 
  hundred 
  beds 
  of 
  coal 
  being 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  them, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   many 
  seams 
  of 
  iron- 
  ore. 
  The 
  true 
  succession 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  is 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  determine, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  much 
  disturbed 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  

   almost 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  limestone 
  containing 
  Productus 
  giganteus 
  

   forms 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  formation, 
  while 
  that 
  containing 
  Spirt 
  fer 
  

   Mosquensis 
  forms 
  the 
  roof, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Donetz 
  

   would 
  be 
  perfectly 
  comparable 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oural, 
  where, 
  as 
  Professor 
  Pander 
  has 
  lately 
  discovered, 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  

   coal, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  grits, 
  are 
  always 
  found 
  between 
  those 
  two 
  cal- 
  

   careous 
  formations. 
  

  

  The 
  boring 
  for 
  the 
  Artesian 
  well 
  at 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  in 
  progress 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  years, 
  has 
  been 
  perfectly 
  success- 
  

   ful. 
  For 
  fourteen 
  days 
  a 
  copious 
  stream 
  of 
  water 
  (more 
  than 
  a 
  cubic 
  

  

  