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tenacity. So far, therefore, the mere adhesion of the “ gangue ” to the jaw might be 
explained ; and some further justification perhaps was afforded of the supposition 
broached at Paris by Mr. Busk and others, that the “ gangue ” might have been 
artificially applied to the bone. In a short article in the “ Abbevillois ” newspaper - 
of the 15th May, it was stated that the “ experiment,” as it was termed, with the 
penknife handle was intended to prove that the “ gangue ” contained no staining 
or corrosive element ; but this is a complete mistake. (G. B.) 
Note 49.—The previous sitting lasted from about 7 p.m. of the 12th to 2 a.m. of 
the 13th. The final stance commenced after 9 am. and terminated at 10*30 a.m. 
of the 13th. The resolutions which were adopted, were, under pressure for time 
caused by the imminent immediate departure of some of the members, put orally 
from the chair, without having been deliberately weighed by the members of the 
Conference beforehand. (H. F. and G. B.) 
Note 50.—The first resolution implied that the jaw had not been fraudulently 
introduced, and that it was in the deposit before M. de Perthes extracted it on the 
28th March. About the second clause there was never any question, and about the 
first, no evidence was brought to light during the operations of the day, to support 
the suspicion previously entertained by the English members. The workmen Avere 
therefore absolved from the imputation, in default of proof. But the resolution did 
not involve the admission that the jaAV was held to be of fossil antiquity, the phy¬ 
sical characters pointing to an opposite conclusion ; the memoranda handed in by 
Dr. Falconer and Mr. Busk distinctly embodied this reservation on their part. 
(H. F. and G. B.) 
Note 51.—The second resolution involved the admission that the jaw was of 
the same age as the Moulin-Quignon gravels, respecting which the most opposite 
opinions are entertained : Mr. Prestwich regarding them as being of the “ high 
level” series, or most ancient of the quaternary deposits of the Somme valley; 
wdiile M. Elie de Beaumont refers them to his “ depots meuhles sur des pentes ,” as 
superficial modern deposits of the age of the peat beds. Dr. Falconer and Mr. 
Busk Avithheld their assent to this resolution. (H. F. & G. B.) 
Note 52. —The third resolution involved the admission that the numerous 
hdches from the “ blacli seam ” of Moulin-Quignon, which, upon the intrinsic evi¬ 
dence, had been uniformly held to be spurious by three of the members during the 
first three sittings of the Conference, were for the most part, if not all, gen uine. Dr. 
Falconer withheld his assent to it, still believing them to be questionable. (H. F.) 
Note 53 —The fourth resolution, regarded per se, was indefinite. It implied 
the admission that the hdches and the jaAV Avere of the same age, whatever 
that age, or the age of either might be. If the view of Mr. Prestwich 
Avere adopted, they Avere both of the old quaternary period; in the view of M. Elie 
de Beaumont they would both be as modern as the Gallo-Roman period; and in 
the vieAV of M. Hebert, they Avould be of an age betAveen the two. Dr. Falconer 
and Mr. Busk Avithheld their assent to the resolution. (G. B. and H. F.) 
Mr. Busk’s memorandum, as drafted in English, Avasas follows:— 
“Abbeville, May 13, 1863. 
“ Mr. Busk desires to add, that although he is of opinion, judging from the ex¬ 
ternal condition of the jaAV, and from other considerations of a more circumstantial 
nature, that there is no longer reason to doubt that the jaw was found in the situa¬ 
tion and under the conditions reported by M. Boucher de Perthes, nevertheless it 
appears to him that the internal condition of the bone is wholly irreconcileable with 
an antiquity equal to that assigned to the deposits in which it was found.” 
Both Mr. Busk and Dr. Falconer admitted that the ‘finding of the jaAV ’ under 
the conditions reported by M. de Perthes, was authentic; but they refused to accept 
the antiquity of the jaw in the sense of its being a quaternary fossil remain. (G. B. 
andH. F.) 
