. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 50 Miles. for their necklaces came from the hills around Eeims, the fossil polypes from the neighbourhood of Youziers, and the slate from Fumay. Débris of such diverse origin covered the floor of the caverns, and owing to an utter absence of clean- liness and the moisture percolating through the roof, they must have been unwholesome places to live in. In fact, the human bones bear evident marks of a prevalence of rickets, and the men of that age did not exceed 55 inches in height. The three successive levels of the Meuse mark as many stages in the civilisa-
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 50 Miles. for their necklaces came from the hills around Eeims, the fossil polypes from the neighbourhood of Youziers, and the slate from Fumay. Débris of such diverse origin covered the floor of the caverns, and owing to an utter absence of clean- liness and the moisture percolating through the roof, they must have been unwholesome places to live in. In fact, the human bones bear evident marks of a prevalence of rickets, and the men of that age did not exceed 55 inches in height. The three successive levels of the Meuse mark as many stages in the civilisa- tion of these cave dwellers. The upper caverns, such as those of Magrite and Naulette, were accessible only at a time when the river was several miles in width, and the men who found a refuge in them were the contemporaries of the mammoth.
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