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Eocene beds. (6.) Teeth of Mastodon ancjustichns, Bhinoceros Schleiermacherij 
Tapirus prisms, and others derived from the breaking up of a Miocene deposit 
of the same age as the Epplesheim strata. (7.) Cetacean remains, consisting 
of bones and teeth much worn, teeth of Carcharodon megalodon and Oxyrhina 
also worn, derived from a previous Pliocene deposit, contemporaneous with 
the Middle Crag of Antwerp, where these same cetacean remains and sharks’ 
teeth are abundant in an univorn state. (8.) Skulls derived from the 
Coralline Crag. (9.) The proper faunas of the Eed Crag, certain fish remains, 
mollusca, Crustacea, and, perhaps, some mammalia. — Vide The Annals of 
Natural History, November. 
Flint Weapons beneath the Skull of Rhinoceros hcmitcechus ! — In ]\I. 
Lartet’s memoir on the ossiferous cave of the Perigord, a serious mis-state- 
ment has been made, which in some measure affects the reputation of one of 
our distinguished geologists. Dr. Falconer. M. Lartet states that in “the 
cavern of Long Hole several flint weapons were found under the head of this 
latter Ehinoceros.” In a previous passage he alludes to the discovery of 
certain fossils in this cavern by Messrs. Wood and Falconer, and hence the 
latter gentleman becomes associated with the assertion. Dr. Falconer now 
emphatically denies that there were any flint weapons found beneath the 
skull of R. hemitcechus. He writes to the editor of Annals of Natural 
History as follows: — “No skull of R. hemitcechus above flint knives was 
ever discovered by my friend and fellow-labourer Col. Wood in Long Hole 
cave, nor was any skull of that extinct species ever found in it. The flint 
implements which he found there, together with the immediately associated 
fossil remains, were at the time transmitted to me for investigation, and out 
of my hands they have never passed.” . . . . “ A detached shell of a milk- 
molar was among the number ; hence, probably, the origin of the assertion 
about the skull — a small milk-molar having been exalted into a skull, found 
above flint implements, doubtless from inadvertence, misconception, or error 
of recollection.” It would appear that M. Lartet’s assertion was founded 
upon the authority of Sir Charles Lyell, who, strange to say, in his appendix 
to the third edition of his “Antiquity of Man” asserts that Colonel Wood 
“ detected flint knives beneath the skull of Rhinoceros hemitachusl^ 
Remains of Plants beneath the Swiss Lake Divellings. — Professor 0. Heer 
has carefully investigated the specimens of plants found in the above-named 
locality. The remains discovered at Eobenhausen have especially engaged 
his attention. The remains of cereal plants were as follows : — A small 
grained variety of Triticum vulgare occurs most frequently at Eobenhausen, 
and also at Wangenin the Lake of Constance ; a Triticum with grain 
of the ordinary size is also met with. These two varieties have been sent to the 
Professor from a locality near Olmiitz, the age of which is unknoAvn. Near 
Eobenhausen, Triticum turgidum occurs, a species still cultivated in the 
south of Europe, but scarcely in Switzerland. Of barley, Hordeum hexasti- 
chum is generally diffused. Its ears, from which the grain has fallen, are 
found well preserved in most of the lacustrine villages. According to Unger, 
this barley is also that of the ancient monuments of Egypt, whilst our com- 
mon barley is wanting in both localities. In all, ten species of cereals were 
found, and with them abundant remains of straw. The millet cakes found 
at Eobenhausen, and the numerous fragments of round flattened loaves, in 
