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barrel of a large bovine animal. That it is bovine is indicated by the 

 smallness of the tail, straightness of the hocks, advanced position of 

 the male organ, and the sndden rise at the withers; unfortunately the 

 fracture occurs where the long, shaggy mane, determinative of the 

 si)ecies, ought to begin; but the fore- 

 going are all characteristic of the 

 bison. There is no drawing upon the 

 opposite side. 



The specimen represented by flg. 41 

 is remarkable in that it was discovered 

 and displayed long before any person 

 in Europe suspected the existence of 

 prehistoric man. This specimen was 

 found in 1824, by M. Brouillet in the 

 Grotto of Chaffaud, in the valley of the 

 Charente. M. Brouillet was a notary 

 at Charroux. He kept this specimen 

 in his collection until the year 1851, 

 when he sent it to the Musce Cluny. 

 The specimen remained there, under 

 the catalogue number of 2467, along 

 with other objects found at the same 

 time — bits of flint, bone points, har- 

 poons, etc. — without attracting atten- 

 tion to its (or their) prehistoric charac- 

 ter. It is of reindeer horn and has been 

 broken into three jiieces, two of which 

 only remain together. It bears the en- 

 graving of two animals, one following the otiier; the one in front is 

 complete, standing, and at rest, the chin or nose prominent, the lips 

 hanging, and the ears straight and long. The dorsal vertebrae are 

 indicated by a series of vertical marks. Tlie animal has no horns and 

 has the appearance of a hart or doe — the female of the stag or deer 



kind. The second ani- 

 mal, which follows the 

 first, is cut in two 

 across the shoulders 

 by the breakage of the 

 bone. Its head i s finer 

 and its muzzle is more 

 pointed. The ears are 

 straight. This speci- 

 men was discovered in the Musi'e Cluny by M. Gabriel de Mortillet, and 

 his son Adrien made a drawing and a full report of it, which was pub- 

 lished on November 25, 1885, in the Magazine I'Homme. This speci- 

 men, therefore, is evidence incontrovertible of the genuineness of this 

 and similar objects made by prehistoric man and found in the caverns 



Fig. 40. 



BOVINE ANIMAL, ENGRAVED ON REINDEER'S 

 BROW ANTLER PALM. 



Laugerio Basse, Dordogne. 



L.irtet and Christy. Cast, Cat. No. SI41 U.S.N. M. 

 ki natural size. 



Fig. 41. 

 HARTS OR DOES, FOLLOWING, ENGRAVED ON REINDEER HORN. 

 Found by M. Brouillet, 1851, in Grotto of Cbaflfaud, Charente. 



Mus^e Cluny. k. natural size. 



