ON THE HUMAN JAW OF MOULTN-QUIGNON. 
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et, pour mon compte j’aurais a vous revoir dans cette circonstance 
line double joie. 
“ Soyez assez bon pour reflecliir a ce que ma proposition a au 
fond d’interet pour la science, et recevez 1’expression des sentiments 
d’estime et de la consideration de votre devoue confrere. 
(Signed) A. de Quateefages. 
“ 2 Mai, 1863.” 
Dr. Falconer replied to M. Lartet, and Dr. Carpenter to M. de 
Quatrefages, that they would start for Paris on the 8th of May. 
On the 6th of May Dr. Falconer wrote to M. Lartet that as neither 
Mr. Prestwich nor Mr. Evans could go on account of business 
engagements, Prof. Busk would probably accompany Dr. Carpenter 
and himself—forwarding at the same time a rough memorandum for 
adoption as the basis of the procedure during the inquiry by the 
proposed Conference, which ran as follows :— 
“ Proposed Order of Procedure. 
“ 1. To go into the evidence of the mineral characters of the 
‘ couche noire ’ and flint gravel of Moulin-Quignon. 
“ 2. The evidence of the hdches contrefaites et indubitahles de 
M oulin-Quignon. 
“ 3. The evidence of the detached molar. 
“4. The evidence of the human jaw of Moulin-Quignon; ( a) 
mineral characters of the matrix; (b) transverse section ; 
(a) caracteres de race. 
“5. To go into the evidence of the Menchecourt fragment of 
lower jaw and teeth. 
“6. To draw up a i proces verbal ’ of the seance and final 
results. 
“London, 6th of May, 1863.” 
It was understood, when the English members of the Conference 
arrived in Paris, that this scheme was adopted; but it was not 
pressed, nor was it strictly followed in the subsequent proceedings. 
The clause ( c ) of No. 4, and the details of No. 5, were not gone 
into at all. The excursion to Abbeville was not contemplated in the 
scheme. 
The English deputation, consisting then of Dr. Falconer, Dr. 
Carpenter, and Prof. Busk, reached Paris on the 9th of May, and 
immediately proceeded to business, being joined on the following 
day by Mr. Prestwich. The French members consisted of M. de 
Quatrefages, Member of the Institut; M. Lartet, Member of the 
Geological Society of France and Foreign Member of the Geological 
Society of London ; M. Delesse, Professor of Geology to the Ecole 
Normale, Paris; and M. Desnoyers, Member of the Institut. The 
following savans also took a share in the proceedings throughout, and 
afforded the utmost aid in the investigation, viz.:—M. L’Abbe Bour- 
