ENGRAVINGS OF GROTTO LA MOUTHE. 



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{■^ strong, all striated with a imiltitude of strokes, either vertical 

 or slightly slanted from the right downward to the left, some of 

 which reach the throat. They represent the hair. The head, seen in 

 protile, is surmounted by a horn with its basal antler directed hori- 

 zontall}' from behind toward the front. 



The muzzle is ver}^ well drawn. On the contrary, the body is pro- 

 portionally too short, measuring O.TO meter from the front part of the 

 neck to the tail. I may add that the animal is incompletely tigured, 

 for the withers scarcely exist and a line only partially indicates the 

 back and rump. 



(4) The picture of an ibex (tig. 4) now follows. Here the whole 

 animal is given with the exception of the extremities of the front legs. 

 It measures 0.80 meter in length by 0.77 ineter in height. The head 

 is too small in proportion to the body and is surmounted by a large 



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Fig. 5. 



horn curved backvs^ard in a half circle. The ears are straight and well 

 formed. The muzzle is well executed, but the jaw is too short. Then 

 comes a neck much too large, resembling somewhat that of a bovid. 

 The breast and belly are enormous. The line of the latter descends 

 very low in front, while the dorsal line is nearly straight, being 

 slightly incurved to denote the slope of the rump and then the tail. 

 The last, directed horizontallv, is short and ends in a two-forked tuft. 

 As to the limbs, the anterior are not terminated, and their length is 

 about half that of the hind legs, which are thin and very long. 



In front of the ibex, and turned toward him so that the two heads 

 face each other, is seen the engraving of a long-haired elephant. 

 Although the animal is not complete, it does not seem to us possible 

 to deny that it is intended for a mammoth. This is, moreover, also 

 the opinion of those of my colleagues in the societ}^ to whom I showed 

 the drawing (tig. 5) before the opening of the session. The form of 



