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then living become extinct, but, as the following passage shows, 

 there is reason to believe that considerable changes of climate have 

 taken place. The writers say, " In addition to the presumption of 

 a once colder climate, which is furnished by the fauna, it is difficult 

 to suppose that, at the period when these remains were left, the 

 climate was the same as it now is ; for, though we may have 

 examples in the habits of the present Esquimaux, that in their cold 

 climate it is possible to live, without detriment to health, amid an 

 accumulation of animal remains, the case would be very different 

 in the south of France, where, at the temperature of the present 

 day, such accumulations would, except in winter, speedily become 

 a decomposing mass. That the inhabitants of that day had no 

 such difficulty to contend with, may be inferred from their having 

 almost invariably chosen a southern exposure, and the warmest and 

 sunniest nooks for their residences." The plates given with this 

 number continue the depiction of stone, bone, and horn implements, 

 and are very well executed. 



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