ANTHROPOLOGY. 439 
left portions. The eyes are represented as slight depressions at 
the top of the head. The head is separated from the abdominal 
portion by a decided groove, and the caudal fin is well represented 
by the forked portion, from the centre of which the rounded ter- 
mination of the whole projects. In this part there is an irregu- 
larly made hole of a size large enough to allow a strong cord to 
pass through for the purpose of suspension. The portion of the 
sculpture rising in the place of a dorsal fin is in several ways a 
singular conception of the ancient carver. While holding the 
position of a dorsal fin, it points the wrong way, if we regard the 
portion looking so much like a shark’s tooth as intended to repre- 
sent the fin as a whole. It is very likely that the designer wished 
to show that the fin was not connected with the head and, as he 
was limited by the length of the piece of stone, after making the 
head so much out of proportion, he was forced to cut under the 
anterior portion of the fin in order to express this fact. If we re- 
gard it in this light, the notches on the upper edge may be consid- 
ered as indicating the fin rays; but the figure best shows the 
character of the sculpture, and persons interested can draw their 
own conclusions. 
The symmetry of the whole carving is well carried out, both 
sides being alike, with the exception that the raised portion at the 
posterior part of what has here been called the dorsal fin is a little 
more marked on the left side than on the right, and the edge on 
the same side is surrounded by a faint, irregularly drawn line. 
The carving was unquestionably made by an Indian of the tribe 
once numerous in this vicinity and, as it was almost beyond a 
doubt cut by a stone tool of some kind, it must be considered as 
quite an ancient work of art; probably worn as a «t medicine,” 
and possibly indicated either the name of the wearer or that he 
was a noted fisherman. 
Discovery or A New Human SKELETON OF THE PALOLITHIC 
Epocu 1N Irary.—M. E. Rivière describes (Comptes Rendus, 1873, 
Part 16, 1027 ) the remains of a second fossil human skeleton from 
the sixth cave of Baoussé — Roussé (Grottes de Menton), Italy. 
The skeleton was found at a depth of nearly four metres below the 
floor of the cave, lying extended on its back in the longitudinal 
direction of the cave. The deposit forming the floor is regularly 
Stratified, and consists of charcoal, ashes, of small calcined angular 
Stones, bones and teeth of animals, shells and flints. Associated 
