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The skeleton described in this letter was contained in a mass of stone nearly two tons in weight, brought home by Sir Alexander Cochrane, and presented by the Admiralty to the British Museum. The existence of such skeletons had been mentioned by General Emouf, in a letter to Faujas St. Fond, published in the fifth volume of theAnnales du Museum ; and also by Lavaisse, in hisVoyage á la Trinidad . The block brought home by Sir Alexander Cochrane agreed very correctly with the description given by General Ernouf, mea­suring 8 feet by 2½ , having very much the appearance of a huge nodule separated from a surrounding mass, without any marks of a tool, excepting a few holes that had evidently been made to assist in raising it. The situation of the skeleton in the block was so super­ficial, that it had probably been discovered by the projection of a part of the left fore-arm. Nevertheless, the operation of laying the whole open to view, with all the care that was requisite for its preservation, was attended with very considerable difficulty, on account of the ex­cessive hardness of the stone adjacent to the bones, and the compa­rative softness of the bones themselves. Unfortunately the skull is wanting; and the author, with much reason, regrets the loss of this characteristic part, which by its form might have thrown some light on the period when it was deposited, or at least as to the nation to whom the individual belonged. The vertebræ of the neck are also lost along with the head; the thorax bears marks of violent compression. The seven ribs of the left side are complete, but dislocated. Those of the right side are all broken; and their extremities are found on the left side of the spine. Such parts of the arms and legs as remain, are found in their natural po­sition; but many are entirely wanting, and most are broken, or otherwise imperfect.

On a fossil human skeleton from guadaloupe. By Charles König, Esq. F. R. S. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S