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and sewing-needles ; their personal ornaments and amulets, perforated for string- 

 ing, their whistling instruments*, and their batons, possibly distinctive of rank 

 and dignity, have received much attention, as the memoirs and descriptions by 

 E. LARTET in particular will show. Even their Owner-marks, Tally-scores, and 

 probable Gambling-tools have been recognized and described in this Work. How 

 they made their many Implements of Mint, and why that stone was good for 

 their purpose, has also been explained. 



The differences of Cave from Cave, in their earliest animal inhabitants, and 

 in the style of living of their subsequent Human occupants, have been noticed, 

 according to the evidence yielded by the osseous relics found therein, by the 

 several kinds of stone and other Implements, and by the presence or absence of 

 engraving and carved ornament on those of bone and antler. 



Much light has been thrown on some points of the domestic economy of 

 these Aborigines of Perigord by comparison of their Implements with those used 







by the North -American Indians, and by Savages of other parts of the world. 

 Among the many friends who have indicated points of interest in this direction, 

 Mr. ANDERSON, of Vancouver, Dr. BROWN, and Mr. LLOYD, C.E., have greatly 

 aided us. Mr. Anderson has also discussed the important bearings that the 

 characters and conditions of these Cave Relics have in the consideration of their 

 relative and positive age a subject treated by M. E. LARTET especially with 

 reference to the association of the Reindeer, Musk-ox, Mammoth, Cave-Lion, and 

 other primEeval animals with these old inhabitants of France. 



In treating of the Reindeer, the constant associate of the Cave-folk of 

 Perigord, we have been indebted for much information to ALEX. ANDERSON, of 

 Vancouver, the late N. L. AUSTEN, and T. G. B. LLOYD, C.E., each personally 

 acquainted with this animal in either Europe or America. It is sad to remember 



* A musical pipe, made of a hollow bone, found among some relics of the Cave-folk, has also been 

 described and commented on by M. Piette. 



