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 PLATE II. Engraved outlines of Fish, Stag, Reindeer, Ibex, Aurochs, Horse, Eel (?), and Han, on Bono 



and Antler : figs. 3, 7, and 8 are portions of Batons or perforated Clubs 13 



PLATE III. & IV. Seven portions of Eeindeer Antler, variously cut and ornamented. Figs. 2 and 3 



were Poignards : figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6 were perforated Clubs or Batons 30 



PLATE V. Excepting figs. 14 and 22, the specimens represented in this Plate are perforated for suspen- 

 sion, and may be regarded as having been intended to bo worn on the person, as Ornaments or 

 Amulets, and some perhaps as memorials and trophies of the chase. Fig. 21 is a Whistle. Only 

 one of these articles is of Stone. Some are fossil Shells. By far the greater number are formed 

 of the Incisor and Canine Teeth of Carnivorous or of Herbivorous Animals ; and among them can 



be recognized teeth of the Wolf, Fox, a great Bos, the Ibex, and the Reindeer 41 



PLATE VI. Arrow-heads or Harpoons of Antler, figs. 1-9, of different sizes, and barbed on one or both 

 sides. Some have been repointed after breakage. Figs. 10-15 are Spillets, Skewers, or Pins of 

 Antler, pointed at both ends, and useful for fastening skins and cloths ; or, if lashed on to sticks, 

 as points of arrows ; or as both point and barb in javelins and fish-hooks, if fastened on obliquely. 

 Some may have been used singly, with a line and bait, as fish-snares ; p. 294 49 



PLATE VII. & VIII. Carvings and outlines of Horse, Stag, and other Animals on Reindeer's Horn 



(Batons &c.) s 64 



PLATE IX. & X. The Bone Implements illustrated by these two Plates may be regarded as armatures, 

 or pointed heads, of Implements and Weapons used in Fishing and Hunting, or in War. These 

 " Dart-heads " are variously ornamented 68 



PLATE XI. Marine Shells and some small ovate flattish plates of Ivory, perforated for suspension, from 



Cro-Magnon Cave 92 



PLATE XII. Dart-heads, Arrow-heads, Awls, Bodkins, &c., made principally of Reindeer-horn. From 



Cro-Magnon 95 



PLATE XIII. Sharp-pointed Implements from Gorge d'Enfer ; Arrow- and Harpoon-heads, Awls, &c., 



mostly made of Reindeer-horn. Fig. 13, of ivory, may have been used for Gambling, p. 187 .... 97 



PLATE XIV. Double-barbed Harpoon- or Arrow-heads from La Madelaine 100 



PLATE XV. & XVI. Trimmed and ornamented Antler-stems. Fig. 4 is a Chisel of Stag's Horn 102 



PLATE XVII. Needles made of bone and antler ; also the broken radius of a Bird (Crane, perhaps) 

 supposed to have been used as a Needle-case ; metapodal bones out of which pieces have been cut 

 for needles, and from which sinews have been cut for thread ; and some other specimens 121 



PLATE XVIII. Carved Implements made of Reindeer-antler 1 24 



PLATE XIX. & XX. This double Plate comprises figures of some of the choicest specimens of prehistoric 

 art, and some of the most valuable (as indicative of primaeval taste and habits) that the Caves of 

 Aquitaine have yielded. Carvings of Horse and Reindeer, and sketches of Ibex and two Bovine 

 forms. From the rock-shelter of Laugerie Basse 1 42 



PLATE XXI. This Plate exhibits some carved Implements, formed out of Reindeer-antler, from Laugerie 



and La Madelaine 148 



PLATE XXII. Barbed and grooved Harpoon-heads, bulbed at the butt, such as have been found in the 



rock-shelter of La Madelaine and figured above 150 



