ENGRAVINGS OK GROTTO LA MOUTHE. 



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the entrance, shown in the next pictures, they represent two equids, 

 entirely different from each other, and appearing to belong to two dis- 

 tinct species — the horse and the hemione. The one has the head line 

 well drawn (tig-. 6), as well as the neck, the breast, and the fore legs, 

 which are entire, hoofs included, and pretty well proportioned. The 

 ears are straight and the mane is erect. On the contrary, the but- 

 tocks are enormous, the belly is very large, pendulous, so to speak, the 

 line of the withers is straight, without the least incurving; finally the 

 croup is much too pronounced, and the short tail is drooping. As to 

 the hind legs, they are barely sketched. 



The engraving of this equid measures 0.75 meter in length from 

 the line of the nose to the tip of the tail, and 0.55 meter in height. 



The other drawing (tig. 7) is that of a kind of bearded horse whose 

 long and bristling mane extends almost to the withers. The head is 

 both long and directed vertically downward, the ears are somewhat 

 long, the forehead is projecting, and the chin ha>s a tuft of hairs. 

 In departing from the neck, the body is represented only by a single 

 line — the dorsal line — which extends from the mane to the tail, tigured 

 here by several strokes about 0.35 meters long. This drawing measures 

 in all 1.31 meters in length. 



It is on this panel of the two equids that several other animals 

 appear, such, for example, as a sort of bird (genus Anas () recently 



