x CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE IY. 



CLIMATE OF PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, continued — TESTIMONY OF 

 PLANTS AND MOLLUSCS. 



Preservation of land-plants exceptional — Plants in the Travertine of 

 Massa Marittima in Tuscany — Plants in tufas of Provence ; in tufas 

 of Montpellier, etc. ; in tufa of La Celle near Paris — Views of Count 

 Saporta — Plants in tufa of Canstadt — Pleistocene lignite of Jarville 

 near Nancy ; its plant and insect remains — Mr. Nathorst on Arctic 

 flora in peat of Switzerland, Germany, etc. ; M. Tournouer on shells 

 in tufa of La Celle — M. Bourguignat on shells in " diluvium 

 gris " of Paris — Shells in tufas of Canstadt ; in English Pleistocene 

 deposits — Dr. Sandberger on shells and mammalian remains in loss 

 of Wurzburg — M. Locard on shells in Corsican breccias — Summary 

 of evidence ..... Pages 44-68 



CHAPTEE V. 



CAVE-DEPOSITS OF THE PLEISTOCENE PEEIOD. 



Caves of different kinds — Mode of their formation — Absence of Pliocene 

 organic remains in European caves — General character of cave-accu- 

 mulations — Commingling of human relics with remains of extinct 

 mammalia — "Break" between Paleolithic and Neolithic times — 

 Stalagmite ; its formation and rate of growth — Mr. Pengelly's obser- 

 vations on stalagmitic accretion in Kent's Cavern — Stalagmitic 

 growth not continuous — Calcified earth, sand, and gravel in caves — 

 Angular blocks, debris, and breccia in caves — Succession of deposits 

 in Brixham Cave — Professor Prestwich on the geological history of 

 that cave — Contemporaneity of man and the old mammalia — Ex- 

 treme antiquity of Pleistocene Period . . . 69-89 



CHAPTEE VI. 



CAVE-DEPOSITS OF THE PLEISTOCENE PEEIOD — Continued. 



Succession of deposits in Kent's Cavern — Conditions during their accumu- 

 lation — Evidence for prolonged duration of Palaeolithic Period — 

 Hysena dens in England — Kirkdale Cave and Wookey Hole — Bone- 



