ABSTRACT

QUESTION AS TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE FOSSIL MAN OF DENISE, NEAR LE PUY-EN-VELAY, CONSIDERED—ANTIQUITY OF THE HUMAN RACE IMPLIED BY THAT FOSSIL—SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF VOLCANIC ACTION IN CENTRAL FRANCE—WITH WHAT CHANGES IN THE MAM—MAMAN FAUNA THEY CORRESPOND—THE ELEPHAS MERTDIONALIS ANTERIOR IN TIME TO THE IMPLEMENT-BEARING GRAVEL OF ST. ACHEUL—AUTHENTICITY OF THE HUMAN FOSSIL OF NATCHEZ ON THE MISSISSIPPI, DISCUSSED—THE NATCHEZ DEPOSIT, CONTAINING BONES OF MASTODON AND MEGALONYX, PROBABLY NOT OLDER THAN THE FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF ST. ACHEUL.