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the Geologist , Mr. J. D. Sainter gives a description of an instrument of 
this kind which was found near Seddington, in a boggy soil, at a depth 
of about two yards from the surface. Its length was 71 inches, and the 
hole for the handle measured about l-§- of an inch. One end was rounded, 
the other vertically wedge-shaped ; and it is of superior workmanship, 
having been probably made at the close of the stone period. The specimen 
is of some local interest, but of course adds nothing in the shape of 
evidence to the support of the conclusions formed by geologists. 
Fragments of Human Jaws found in the Cave of Bruniquel, — In this 
cavern M. Garrigou states (see his memoir in the Comptes Rendus , t. lvii. 
No. 25), that he has found not only the bones alluded to above, but also 
those of a reindeer, an antelope, a chamois, a large species of ox, a wolf, a 
dog, a fox, a smaller species of carnivore than the latter, two rasorial birds, 
a bird of huge size, and two species of fishes. Perhaps the most interesting 
feature in these researches was the discovery of “the humerus of an 
immense bird, upon which was rudely sculptured various portions of a 
fish’s body.” On one part w r as seen an engraving of a forked tail, and 
beside it two representations of a fish’s head, and on another was sculp- 
tured three paddles or fins. M. Garrigou asks, “ What conclusion are we 
to arrive at with regard to such a specimen, unless we look upon it as an 
amulet or some ornament of distinction?” The two jaw-bones were 
discovered in the presence of ten witnesses, at a depth of about two metres, 
in a bed of shale, containing particles of charcoal in large quantities, flint 
weapons, and ruminant bones. This bed supported a second of the same 
kind, but without charcoal, both being covered in by the osseous brecchia 
and stalagmite. The blow of the pick which turned up the first jaw 
smashed the condyle , and drove out a number of teeth , which could not be found 
afterwards (!) the first permanent molar, however, remains. The bone 
was that of an adult. If true, this discovery is even stranger than that 
made at Moulin- Quignon. 
Pachyderms of the Paris Basin, — M. Watelet has discovered a stratum 
of the Paris basin, which contains fossil bones of an enormous size. The 
bones have been found at J ouy, near Aisne, and belong to the genus Lop- 
liiodon or Tapirotherium, of which M. Watelet believes that he has found 
remnants of the following species : — L, occita?iicum } L, isselense , L. tapir- 
oides , L. Buxomllanum , L . giganteum , L. aurelianense ) and some others. 
Mammalian Bones and Flint Implements at Audley-end , Essex . — In 
making certain cuttings in the neighbourhood of the liver Cam, in order 
to divert the stream into another bed, a portion of meadow land, cut 
through to a depth of twenty feet by sixty, yielded two cart-loads of bones* 
which were employed by the barbarians of the neighbourhood in the 
manufacture of manure. So Mr. G. E. Roberts informed his audience at 
a late meeting of the Anthropological Society. Some of Mr. Roberts* 
descriptions of the conditions of these bones are of much interest. He 
describes many of the markings which appear upon them as being pro- 
duced by sawing ; others seem to have been produced by the action of 
some rude ■wedge or chisel. He supposes that all the markings exhibited 
were produced by flint implements, and observes, — “ I am supported in 
my belief that these incised markings and scrapings were made by an edge 
