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laid before the Anthropological Society correct drawings of 

 some of these wall decorations, clearly representing the 



Fig. 1.— Sketch of Horse engraved on tlie Wall of the 

 Grotte de La Mouthe. 



following animals, viz., bison, Bovidse, reindeer, goat, mam- 

 moth, and two Equid?e. The figures of these horses were 

 incised on a panel 128 m. from the entrance. The first 

 (Fig. 1) represents an animal with a small head, slender 



Fig. 2.— Head of a Horse (Grotte de La Mouthe). 



neck, and well-formed fore- quarters; but the posterior half 

 is heavy and altogether out of proportion. The other (Fig. 

 2) has a stout neck, a long head directed almost vertically, 

 and a hairy chin. Whatever may have been the defects of 



