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antiquity of the human race which the early fossil fliut-implements evoked, 
gave him justly the leadership of British antiquaries in this warfare against 
deeply-rooted prejudices and inculcated opinions, in the same way as Mr. 
Prestwich took the lead amongst British geologists ; and, as we look to the 
latter for the narration and reduction of new geological facts, we look to 
receive from the former periodically the antiquarian view of all fresh de- 
tails and novelties. We do not propose to use our pages, in expressing 
our sense of the valuable services rendered by Mr. Evans, however justly 
such encomiums may be due, but we prefer to economize our space by 
giving without comment a summary of the " finds " not hitherto recorded 
or but slightly noticed in this journal, and noting the chief topics in this 
addition to his former excellent paper in the ' xVrchseologia' of 1860, and 
which has been noticed by us, Vol. IV. p. 358. 
Paris. — Flint-implements have been found by M. Gosse, of Geneva. 
The pits in which they were discovered are two, — that of M. Bernard, 
Avenue de la Motte Piquet, No. 61-63 (Champ de Mars), and that of M. 
Etieune Bielle, Eue de Grenelle, No. 15 ; in beds of sand and gravel ana- 
logous to those of Menchecourt, near Abbeville ; the beds are not dis- 
turbed, their average thickness is 20 feet. The implements and flint-flakes 
were found in a bed at the base of the gravel from 3 to 5 inches in thick- 
ness, associated with bones of Bos primi genius, Elephas jprimigenius, deer 
allied to reindeer, and a large carnivorous animal, probably cave-tiger. 
These observations have been confirmed by M. Lartet and Mr. Mylne. 
This place was signalized as a probable locality previous to M. Gosse's 
discovery by M. Boucher de Perthes. At Clich}'-, also, one implement has 
been found by M, Lartet. 
Creil. — A flint-implement {liachette) has been found, under similar cir- 
cumstances, in a gravel -pit at Prccy, near Creil, in the Valley of the Oise 
(between Amiens and Paris), with a tooth of an elephant. Exhibited to 
the French Society of Antiquaries, 16th May, 1860, by M. Peigne Dela- 
court. 
Rouen. — The Abbe Cochet reports two flint-implements in the museum 
there, which the curator, M. Pettier, states to have come from the sand- 
pits of Sotteville in the neighbourhood. This requires confirmation, as 
Mr. Evans could not find these implements in the museum, and M. 
Pouchet, the director, was not aware of their existence. Mr. Evans 
states however the pits at Sotteville to be of "precisely the character 
that renders it probable that flint-implements may be discovered in them," 
Clermont. — In a valley leading into that of the Ariege, there is a de- 
posit of gravel underlying brick-earth, at 540 feet above sea-level and 33 
feet above the stream which now waters the valley. In this gravel, mixed 
with bones Elephas primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Eelis spelaa, 
Cetwios megaceros, Equus, and Bos, have been found manufactured " pieces 
of quartzite." Dr. Noulet says, " One of them is 4 inches in length, 2\ inches 
wide, and its greatest thickness 1 inch. It has been formed into shape by 
chipping it on only one of its faces. The second is much more important ; 
both its faces have been modified to bring it to the shape it now pie- 
sents. The side and point, which is truncated, present a bevelled edge ; 
but the base, which is cut obliquely, has evidently been polished even toith 
care. This is also about 4 inches long, 2f inches wide, and 1^ inch thick."* 
Mr. Evans passes a comment on this statement. " If it be," he says, 
* See also an aceouut of a very curious discovery, somewhat of the same nature, iu 
INI. Lartet's ' Researches respecting the Co-existence of Man with the Great Fossil Mam- 
maha,' in the Ann. des Sciences Nuturelles, 4th ser., torn. xv. 
