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oe” 
Fic, 6.—Fragment of a scapula, found at Laugerie Basse, on which is engraved 
the figure of a pregnant woman. ; 
the antiquity of man nor as to his origin, which he acknowledges 
to be as yet wrapped in obscurity, and he is candid and generally 
Critical in his views, but not always inclined to sift his authorities, 
hence while the book is very readable it is not always to be im- 
plicitly trusted. 
SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE ANTHRACITE COALFIELDS 
OF PENNSYLVANIA.—The survey of these fields was commenced in 
August, 1880, under the direction of Mr. Charles A. Ashburner, 
geologist in charge, and the first results of the work done, pub- 
lished by the State, have just appeared in the Panther Creek 
Atlas, which contains eleven sheets, twenty-six by thirty-two 
inches, relating to the geology of the extreme eastern end of the 
hee (Schuylkill) coalfield, lying between Mauch Chunk, 
moth bed, scale 800 ft. — I in.; three cross-section sheets, show- 
