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which had the beam and branches smooth and sub-compressed, features 
v/hich indicate the antlers of the rein-deer ; and the other with the horns 
rounded and rough, a form of surface which marks the antlers of the common 
stag. Of these antlers two portions w’hich appear to belong to the rein-deer 
have been cut while in the fresh state ; and the faces of the cuts being almost 
smooth, this cutting appears to have been effected by a fine regular-edged 
instrument rather than by a serrated tool. The leg bones which appear in 
this clay have all been broken, for the most part longitudinally, except the 
carpal and tarsal, and other small bones of the extremities. This longitu- 
dinal fracturing of the long bones of the leg is not known to occur in any 
mammalian remains which belong to a period previous to that where we have 
evidence of the existence of the human race ; and these broken bones afford 
evidence of the occurrence of man, who, for the purpose of obtaining the 
marrow, divided them in the direction most available for this object. Besides 
the evidence afforded by the cut antlers and longitudinally divided bones, 
there are other circumstances indicating the occurrence of man in connection 
with these remains ; one of these is the presence of charred wood, which is 
equally disseminated through the clay, with the bones and teeth. This 
charred wood is the remalins of the ancient fires by means of which former 
former human beings cooked their food. 
Eoozoon Canadense not a Fossil . — Scepticism sometimes leads to as great 
absurdities as credulity ; indeed it is hard to say which of the two is preferable, 
when we only consider the extreme forms of both. We believe that when 
the discovery of the ornithorynchus was first announced, certain gentlemen 
in this country, who apparently knew more of Nature’s powers than she does 
herself, contended that the strange creature was a manufactured specimen, 
and that those who believed in the existence of such a paradox were the 
dupes of impostors. It would seem as if the Eoozoon — whose animal cha- 
racteristics no one who is capable of using a microscope or is familiar with 
animal histology should doubt — is about to have its fossil nature discredited, 
and so share the early fate of the duck-billed platypus. Two gentlemen have 
determined to enlighten us upon the subject of the characters of Eoozoon. A 
light from the “ far West ” is shed upon science by the discovery of Professors 
King and Kowney, of Queen’s College, Galway, that the Eoozoon is nothing 
more than a mineral. We were about to express our surprise at the marvel- 
lous advance that the Irish are making in scientific pursuits, but we regret to 
think that the savans in question are both Englishmen. Their announce- 
ment of the discovery we have referred to is given by them in the following 
words, which we extract from The Header of June 10th: — “For several 
weeks past we have been engaged in investigating the microscopic structure 
of the Serpentine of Connemara, in comparison with that of a similar rock 
occurring in Canada, which has attracted so much attention of late. ... It 
is now our conviction that all the j>arts in the Serpentine w'hich have been 
taken for the skeleton structures of a foraminifer, are nothing more than the 
effects of crystallization and segregation. ... We purpose at an early period 
lay before the public all the evidences and considerations which bear us out 
in our present opinion.” We await Professors Eowney and King’s “ evidences ” 
in extreme anxiety. 
A Word to Collectors. — Dr. P. Martin Duncan being engagedin preparing 
