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the matter of money needed for the benefit of science, if the object 
be properly explained and fairly understood. It rests upon the 
Secretary and Board of Eegents to do this, and the people will jus- 
tify them in asking for any reasonable amount so long as they shall 
be satisfied, as they may be under the present administration, that 
it is honestly expended and faithfully accounted for. Legislators 
seeking a reputation for economy will not be sustained by the peo- 
ple in refusing to vote the appropriations sufficient to secure, in 
these matters, a degree of excellence which will cause the United 
States to compare favorably with other countries. 
Forgeries of Pal.t.olithic Implements in Europe.— Mr. John 
Evans, of Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, England, the distin- 
guished numismatist and prehistoric archaeologist, says in a private 
letter lately received-: '*We have lately had very extensive forgeries 
of palaeolithic implements in the neighborhood of London. Many 
of them are of great size and remarkably well made. Several col- 
lectors have been taken in, and I should not be surprised if some of 
our dealers exported a few to America. I recommend you to be on 
your guard.'' 
Monsieur Boucher de Perthes, of Abbeville, the discoverer of the 
palaeolithic age and implements in the valley of the river Somme, 
was often deceived by the workmen on whom he had to depend in 
his search for these implements. It was in the beginning of all 
knowledge of this subject, and no one could claim to be an expert or 
have much experience in their detection. Monsieur Boucher de 
Perthes stored his collection, if he did not make it a donation, to 
the Archaeologic Museum of the town of Abbeville, and died with- 
out knowlege of the frauds of which he had been the victim. His 
" " "the geologist, equally learned 
plements he detected the forgeries and withdrew them from exhibi- 
tion. The United States National Museum has to thank him for a 
series which are there exhibited as specimens of these forgeries. So 
habile did M. Dumensil become in the detection of these forgeries 
that he was able to tell from an inspection of them, not only when 
they were forgeries, but from their peculiarities he could determine 
the identity of the forger. The " personal equation " was so mani- 
fested in this work as to enable him to do this. 
International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology at 
Paris, 1889. — The International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropol- 
ogy will profit by the French Exposition of 1889, and hold a meet- 
ing at Paris, in August of this year. These Congresses were organ- 
ized in 1866-67, and have held their meetings in various capitals of 
Europe with greater or less regularity until the last one at Lisbon, 
in 1880. A session was oiganized for Athens, in 1883, but failed, 
owing to the rumors of approaching war. We are glad to hear of 
this revival at Paris for 1889. 
