384 C. U. Shepard on the Cohahuila Meteoric Iron. 
to find the remains of Machairodus latidens, mentioned and fig- 
ured by Mr. M’Enery,* nor of Hippotamus major, alluded to by 
Prof. Owent as occurring in the cavern; nor have they found 
anything in the least degree calculated to bring the statements 
alluded to into discredit. Again, so far as their researches have 
gone, the committee have not, like Mr. Godwin-Austen, found 
the bones of man mixed up, in undisturbed soil, with those of 
extinct animals;t it will be seen, however, that there is no @ 
priori improbability in the statement of the distinguished geolo- 
gist just mentioned; and the committee would remind such as 
may be disposed to attach importance to the fact that men’s 
bones are not forthcoming as readily as their implements, that 
in the black mould, as well as in the red loam of the cavern, the 
only indication of man’s existence are remnants of his handi- 
work. Pottery, implements and ornaments in bone, metal, and 
stone, the remnants of his fires, and the relics of his feasts are 
numerous, and betoken the lapse of at least two milleniums; 
but here, as well as in the older deposits below, the committee 
have met with no vestige of his osseous system.’ 
In conclusion, the committee would observe that the value of 
their labors is not to be measured by the discoveries, or rather 
the rediscoveries, which they have made. They have not only 
disinterred a valuable body of fact, but with it a confirmation 
of the concurrent statements of M’Enery, Godwin-Austen, and 
the committee of the Torquay Natural History Society; and 
have thereby more than doubled the amount of trustworthy ev- 
idence which they have themselves produced. 
Arr. XLV.— Additional Notice of the Cohahuila Meteoric Iron ; by 
. CuarLes UPHAM SHEPARD. 
t appear worthy of publicity. 
miles north of Santa Rosa, but much farther to the west. : 
dents of the vicinity told him, it had only once before been vis: 
ited by any traveller, and this was fifteen years ago, when an 
Englishman had been deputed thither in an official capacity, t0 
determine whether the iron could be applied to any useful put 
* Cavern Researches, p, 32, and plate F. (8vo edition). 
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