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REPRESENTATIONS OF ANIMALS. 



made known to us some 

 rude drawings found in 

 the cave of Savigne,and 

 in his last memoir he 

 has described and fig- 

 ured some more objects 

 of a similar character. 

 In the Dordogne 

 caves also, several of 

 these remarkable draw- 

 ings have been disco- 

 vered, under circumstances which seem to guarantee their 

 authenticity. Fig. 185 represents a cylindrical piece of rein- 

 deer's horn, found at La Madelaine, and on which are carved 

 two outlines of fishes, one on each side. Fig. 186 is the piece 

 of the palm of a reindeer's horn, on which is represented the 

 head and chest of an ibex. Fig. 187 represents a very curious 

 group, consisting of a snake, or rather eel, a human figure, 



FIG. 187. 



Drawing of an Ibex. 



Group of Figures. 



and two horses' heads. Fig. 188 is a spirited group of rein- 

 deer, and pi. 2 is considered to represent a mammoth ; it was 

 found at La Madelaine, and the engraving was for some time 

 unnoticed, as it is rather faint and obscured by numerous 

 scratches. It is on a piece of a mammoth's tusk, and indica- 

 tions of long hair will readily be perceived. 



In one case there is an unmistakable representation of a 

 glove, or rather gauntlet. 



