1 The true name of this cave is the _Betche aux Roches_. A very excellent essay on the subject was read by the explorers, MM. de Puydt and Lohest, in August, 1886, to the Historic Society of Belgium, and “Les Fouilles de Spy,” by Dr. Collignon, published in the _Revue d’Anthropologie_, 1887, may also be consulted. Excavations were also carried on in the same cave in 1879 by M. Bucquoy (_Bul. Soc. Anth. de Belgique_, 1887). He distinguished five ossiferous levels and picked up some flints of the Moustérien type, and even some Chelléen hatchets, to which he gave the name of coups _de poing_.—Fraipont and Lohest; “Recherches sur les Ossements Humains Decouvertes dans les Dépôts Quaternaires d’un grotte à Spy.” 2 We borrow these details from a valuable work by Cartailhac (_Mal_., 1886, p. 441; _Rev. d’Anth_., 1886, p. 448). The conclusions of our learned colleague are that we really know nothing of the funeral rites of the men of Chelles and Moustier, and that it is to the Solutréen period that we must assign the first really authenticated tombs. Cartailhac’s admirable book, “La France Préhistorique,” p. 302, should also be consulted. 3 “Ipui Antichi Sepolcri dell Italia.” 4 _Archæological Journal_, vol. xxii. 5 _Matériaux_, 1885, p. 299. 6 This dolmen was carefully excavated by MM. Hahn and Millescamps, _Bul. Soc. Anth_., 1883, p. 312. 7 Rivière; _Congrès des Sciences Géographiques_, Paris, 1878. 8 _Atti della R. Acad. dei Lincei_, 1879–1880. Pigorini: _Bul. de Pal. Italiana_, 1880, p. 33. 9 _Soc. Anth. de Munich_, 1886. 10 _Soc. Anth. de Lyon_, 1889. 11 “Histoire du Travail en Gaule,” p. 24. 12 Troyon: “De l’ Attitude Repliée dans la Sépulture Antique,” _Revue Arch_., 1864. 13 _Matériaux_, 1875, p. 327. 14 A. Nicaise: _Matériaux_, 1880, p. 186. 15 _Arch. Préhistorique_, p. 178. 16 _Congrès Préhistorique de Bruxelles_, p. 299. 17 _Bul. Soc. Anth_., 1876, p. 191. Grad: _Nature_, 1877, 1st week, p. 314. 18 _Memorie sulle scoperte paleoethnologiche della campagna romana_. Pigorini adds in his turn: “_I cadaveri erano abitualmente adagiati sul fianco sinistro, col cranio appogiato sulla mano sinistre e le ginocchia alquanto piegate in guisa che tavolta si trovarono le tibie assai prossime alla cassa toracica_.” 19 Pallery: “Mon. Mégalithiques de Mascara,” _Bul. Soc. Ethn_., 1887. 20 Bancroft: “The Native Races of the Pacific,” vol. i., pp. 365, etc. Moreno: “Les Paraderos de la Patagonie,” _Rev. d’Anth_., 1874. 21 “Nécropole de Colonna, prov. de Grosseto,” _R. Acad. dei Lincei_, Roma, 1885. 22 _Bul. Soc. Anth_., 1880, p. 895. 23 Abbé Baudry et Ballereau: “Les Puits Funéraires du Bernard,” La Roche-sur-Yon, 1873. 24 “Renseignements sur une Ancienne Nécropole Manzabotta, près de Bologna,” Bologna, 1871.