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Tlie general assemblage of the Mammalian remains collected at 

 Aurignac, shows that the Carnivora, in number of species, were 

 almost equal to the Herbivora. Subjoined are lists of both, with an 

 approximate valuation of the number of individuals referrible to each 

 species. 



1. TJrsus spelceu9 



2. TJrsus Arctos ? 



3. Heles Taxus 



4. Putoriiis vulgaris 



5. Felis spelcsa 



6. Felis Catus ferus 



7. Hi/cena spelcea 



8. Canis Lupus 



9. Canis Vulpes 



1. Caeitivgra. 



Number of individuals. 



5 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 5 

 3 

 18 



— 6 



— 2 



— 6 



— 20 



2. Heebiyoba. 



1. FlepJias primigenius, two molars. 



2. Rhinoceros f ichor inus 



3. Equu^ Gaballus 



4. Equus Asinus? 



5. Sus Scrqfa, two incisors. 



6. Cervus Elephas 



7. Meg ac eras hihernicus 



8. C. Capreolus 



9. C. Tarandus 

 10. Bison europceus 



Among the Carnivora, Felis spcslea was represented only by 

 a single canine and a premolar bearing the mark of a fracture 

 caused by some violence. From this it may be presumed that the 

 body of the animal was never conveyed to the spot, and that the 

 teeth had been brought with a special intention, and the rather so 

 because both were collected within the sepulchre, and one of them 

 (the canine sent to M. Leymerie) beyond (a travers) the human 

 bones at the first discovery of the place by Bonnemaison. 



As the two molars of the Elephant are also the only relics of that 

 species, their being brought by man to the place where they were 

 found, may also be referred to some customary purpose. And the 

 same may be said of the two incisors of the Wild Boar, likewise 

 the only relics of that species discoverable among such a considerable 

 heap of bones.* 



* In the lower grotto of Massat, another ancient station, where man has left 

 mmierous relics of his feasts, the Boar is also represented only by a single molar. 

 Certain nations of antiquity had, at an early epoch, a marked repiignance to the 



N. H. K.— 1862. F 



