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occur promiscuously with the bones of the extinct animals in all part-, of the 
cave, and through the entire thickness of the clay ; and that no distinction, 
founded on condition, distribution; or relative position, can be established, 
whereby the human can be separated from the other relics. 
“ Mr. M‘Enery observed that the flint implements found in the lower de- 
posit were rude, compared with those higher up. This is in accordance with 
what Mr. Worsaae and other antiquaries have remarked, that what has 
been called the stone period requires to be subdivided, and that there are 
marks of two stages of advancing civilization, discriminated by the different 
degrees of skill shown in the manufacture of the implements of flint. 
“ Mr. M‘Enery’s researches give a truly formidable view of the strength and 
ferocity of the carnivorous animals to whom Kent’s Cavern served as a den 
or a sepulchere ; such as the Machairodus latidens, the Ursus spclrr.us , and 
the Hyaena. Even the large pachydermata, as the Elephas primigenius and 
Rhinoceros tichorhinus, whose bones were found here, must have been dan- 
gerous contemporaries to man, armed only with flint implements. Whether 
they were really contemporaries here is rendered doubtful by the conflicting 
accounts of Mr. M'Enery and Mr. Austen. Scientific inquirers, however, as 
Professors Owen and Phillips, have expressed themselves in favour of the 
opinion that man may have been contemporary with some of the now extinct 
species of mammalia. This can indeed furnish us with no exact measurement 
of time, but it seems to carry the history of man further back into past ages 
than our ordinary chronology allows. Geology has shown, that the progres- 
sive changes which the globe has undergone, have been a continued prepara- 
tion for his residence. He could not want the means of subsistence where 
the ox and the deer could live, and their bones have been found in the Kent 
Cavern. It seems in accordance with the wisdom and benevolence of his 
Creator, that the scene thus prepared for him should not wait long for his 
introduction.” 
Most reluctantly do we pass over many other instructive communications 
to this society, by W. Eeed, Esq., F.G.S., on “ Fossil Fishes of Monte Bolca;” 
“ The Bovey-Tracy Coal “Archaeological Papers,” by the Rev. J. Kenrick 
and two on the “ Decay of Building-Stones,” by Dr. Proctor ; but we must 
pass on to other useful institutions. 
In Devonshire an association has just been formed for “ the Advancement 
of Science, Art, and Literature.” It is supported by several gentlemen of high 
position and influence, and its meetings are to be held by turns in the various 
towns of importance in the county. Exeter was the first rendezvous, and the 
most interesting feature of the first meeting was the visit of the members of 
the Bovey-Tracy coal-fields, under the guidance of the well-known Devonshire 
geologist, Mr. Pengelly. 
During the Easter recess a somewhat similar exhibition to the one at 
Northampton, recorded in our April number, took place at Eomsey, in 
Hampshire. It was called an “ Exhibition of the Works of Art and In- 
dustry,” and was honoured with the presence of the Premier and several 
other noblemen and ladies. The display was chiefly of a local character, but 
was enriched by contributions from the collections of the nobility and gentry 
of the neighbourhood, and from the South Kensington Museum. 
