1. Human Jaw-bone found at Moulin-Quignon, near Abbeville,
in 1863 18
2. Skull of a Man belonging to the Stone Age (The _Borreby
Skull_) 27
3. Skull of the Gorilla 28
4. Skull of the Orang-Outang _ib._
5. Skull of the Cynocephalus Ape 29
6. Skull of the _Macacus_ Baboon _ib._
7. The Production of Fire (whole page engraving).
8. _Dendrites_ or Crystallisations found on the Surface of
wrought Flints 46
9. Section of a Gravel Quarry at Saint-Acheul, which contained
the wrought Flints found by Boucher de Perthes 47
10. Hatchet of the _Almond-shaped_ type from the Valley of the
Somme 48
11. Flint Hatchet from Saint-Acheul of the so-called
_Almond-shaped_ type 49
12. Wrought Flint (_Moustier_ type) _ib._
13. Flint Scraper 50
14. Flint Knife, found at Menchecourt, near Abbeville _ib._
15. Flint Core or Nucleus 51
16. Man in the Great Bear and Mammoth Epoch (whole page
engraving).
17. The First Potter (whole page engraving).
18. Fossil Shells used as Ornaments, and found in the Gravel at
Amiens 54
19. Theoretical Section of a Vein of Clay in the Carboniferous
Limestone, _before_ the hollowing out of Valleys by
Diluvial Waters 56
20. Theoretical Section of the same Vein of Clay converted
into a Cavern, _after_ the hollowing out of Valleys by
Diluvial Waters 57
21. The Cave of Galeinreuth, in Bavaria 59
22. Section of the Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac 62
23. Flint Knife, found in the Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac 63
24. Implement made of Reindeer's or Stag's Horn, found in the
Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac _ib._
25. Series of Perforated Discs of the _Cardium_ Shell, found
in the Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac 64
26. Fragment of the Lower Jaw of a Cave-Bear found in the
Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac _ib._
27. Upper Molar of a Bison found in the Ashes of the Fire-Hearth
of the Sepulchral Cave at Aurignac 65
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