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meters from the river, near the village of Gendron: it is excavated in 
the psammite formation of Le Condroz. That is a schistose formation 
with some calcareous beds alternating. The limestone has produced in 
this cavern stalactites, which have cemented the schistose beds together, 
and have preserved it from the caving-in which is very frequent in caverns 
of this sort. Width of the cavern at the entrance two and one-half meters; 
length, fourteen meters; it terminates in the form of a wedge. bh 
Mr. Dupont visited it for the first time, he was able to penetrate only to 
a distance of eight meters; at that point the passage was obstructed by 
little columns of stalactite and cones of stalagmite. The soil is formed 
‘without ornaments or remains of industry, itself resting upon the rock. 
The soil covered the clay only from a point eight meters’ from the en- 
covered laid transversely. Then the longitudinal arrangement of the 
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extended, like those of the preceding rows, parallel to the axis of 
cavern, Among the human bones were 
-hens, &c. At the entrance of the cavern was found a very small frag- 
ment of cretaceons flint in the form of a plate, with three fragments of 
coarse potter pon the slope of the escarpment, immediately under 
the opening of the cave, lay two large plates of schist differin from 
that of the cave and of the surrounding ne of these plates 
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measured 1°50 meters in length by 85 centimeters in breadth ; the other 
1:05 meters by 1°65. 
_ After the comparative examination which was made by Mr. Bruner 
Bey of the human remains found in this cavern, one may say, in general, 
more elevated and more slender. Nevertheless, the genian eminenc 
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