Prehistoric Horses of Europe. 



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in seven of the Belgian caves with which worked iiints and 

 other relics of man were associated. 



From an inspection of the above statements, it will be 

 seen that the horse was one of the most common animals 

 among the cave-fauna, both during the mammoth and rein- 

 deer periods ; and as its remains must have been dragged 

 into the caves either by man or one of the great carnivores, 

 it is clear that horses were then numerous in Belgium. 



The station of Solutre, in the commune of Macon (Saone 

 et Loire), was an open-air encampment, having a fine ex- 

 posure to the south, and sheltered on the north by a steep 

 ridge. The remains of the settlement, covering an area of 

 about 10,000 square metres, are situated just beyond the 

 limits of the cultivated land, and within a short distance of 

 a good spring of water. The site has been partially exca- 

 vated by MM. Ferry, Arcelin, Ducrost, Lortet, and others, 

 the results of which are published in a number of memoirs, 

 one of the most accessible being that in the Norwich volume 

 of the International Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology 

 (1868). The stage of civilisation here disclosed was charac- 

 terised by great perfection in the art of manufacturing flint 



