ENGRAVINGS OF GROTTO LA MOUTHE. 449 



Such is, in a few words, the description of the engraved sketches 

 coming from the grotto of La Mouthe which I desire to present to you 

 to-day. 



THE ENGRAVINGS FROM PEUCII, BY M. EMILE RIVIERE. 



I desire also to submit to-day for your examination one of the pictures 

 which I have taken of the very curious engravings executed upon the 

 wall of rock against which abut buildings of a farmhouse belonging to 

 the village of Peuch. This presentation is merely to fix the date of 

 this discovery, which goes back to the 5th of September, 1896, and 

 was made by me in company with Dr. Burette, who had informed me 

 of it a few da}^s before. 



It represents a human being whose sex is not indicated. The 

 engraving is very deeply scored in the rock. The individual measures 

 1.98 meter in height. The head, drawn from the front, is a simple 

 oval, without eyes, nose, mouth, or ears. The arms are brought 

 forward in such a way that the right hand is held upon the abdomen 

 and the left hand hides the sex. The lower limbs end without feet at 

 the level of the soil. 



To what date does this engraving go back? This is a question which 

 1 shall examine subsequently in presenting the drawing of a second 

 human being, engraved likewise in sunken lines, nearly of the same 

 size as this one — an engraving of which I limit myself to-day to make 

 the announcement without entering further into details. 

 sm 1901 29 



