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ENGRAVINGS OF GROTTO LA MOUTHE. 



be, have only a single head. The latter is fine and would seem to be 

 rather that of one of the Cervidfe, were it not for the two horns which 

 surmount the forehead and which are recurved ijto nearl}' a com- 

 plete circle, the two points being separated by only 3i centimeters. 

 Between the two horns are seen a sort of ear — the right ear — but badly 

 inserted. The two front legs are certainh' those of a bovid. As to 

 the hind limbs, they, as well as the rump, appear to belong to a second 

 animal surmounting the first, and of which we can perceive no more 

 than the dorso-cervical line which curves back in front, simulating a 

 head. 



The bovid, properly so called, is drawn in left profile, while the 

 bison is seen from the right, and upon the flank are a few marks, 



Fig. 4. 



some parallel and others intercrossing, which descend to the ventral 

 line. By its intricacies this figure offers great analogies with the 

 drawings engraved on bone or reindeer horn, which are found in the 

 Magdalenian hearths. 



I ought to add that, above this double figure, we still see two 

 engraved lines joining each other below in such a manner as to resem- 

 ble the leg of another animal whose picture has been commenced on 

 the same panel. 



(3) The engraving of the reindeer (fig. 3) is one of the most beau- 

 tiful known. It measures 1.07 meters in length. The head of the 

 animal is very well executed, I should say even in a remarkable 

 manner; consequently it is among the more easily recognizable. It 



