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of which was not known before, and he has had the good fortune to find 
there numerous bones which he has described in detai 
It is known that in a work upon the Quaternary deposits of the prov- 
ince of Namur the author of these researches a distinguished three 
stages, which he desig a paren we (1) from the presence of the 
Mammoth (Hlephas primigenius), (2) of the te Cave Bear (Ursus 
speleus), and (3) of the Reind eer (Cervus tarandus). But up to the 
present time he had found but few traces of the fauna of the first two 
mine .the exact place, in the series, of the great cave Mammifers. In 
fact, the debris of the principal animals which compose this fauna are 
found also in the sandy-argillaceous stratified beds of alluvium (or 
“lehm”) of the country; they evidently existed imme ediately before the 
deposit of these beds. Moreover, these stratified beds of gritty clay are 
found in the caverns as well as in the Quaternary outside in the province 
of Namur, between the great deposit of rolled pebbles on one side, and 
the aoa primigenius, so that the beds have justly received their name 
resence. On the other hand the deposit of yellow clay con- 
taining Sabin, which accords exactly with the deposit called red allu- 
vium in the Paris basin, includes in the caves the fauna of the reindeer 
nee of all extinct species, and the presence of a series of anim 
Parade in existence, faa now banished to colder climates. The true cave 
between which Mr. Dupont has as ees zed his medium stage, and u 
which rest the deposits of the reindeer age. On the other hand this jaw 
differs from those of all the races found i in Europe at the present day, 
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