CAVE OF CRO-MAGNON. 



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if the construction of the Railway-embankment (fig. 39, a) close by had not 

 occasioned the removal of a considerable portion of the talus (b), and of a gigantic 



Fig. 39. 



Section across the Valley of the Vezere, and through the Hock of Cro-Magnon. 

 N.E. e g h j i s.W. 



* Level of the Vezere, at low water, 58'25 metres above the sea. 



Height of the Cave above the Vezere 15 metres, above the sea-level 73-25 metres. 



Distance from the Cave to the River 177 metres. 



a, Railroad. 

 6, Talus. 



c, Great Block of Stone. 



d, Ledge of Rock. 

 P, Limestone. 



M, Detritus of the Slopes, and Alluvium 

 of the Valley. 



e, Rock of Cro-Magnon. 



/, Cave. 



g, Chateau and Village of Les Eyzies, 



in the Valley of the Beune. 

 h, Gate-keeper's House. 

 i, Railway-bridge over the Vezere. 

 j, Caves of Le Cingle. 



block (c), detached from the neighbouring rocks and measuring 311 cubic metres, 

 and afterwards the pulling down of a projecting ledge of rock (d) above the 



talus*. 



Fig. 40. 



View of the Cro-Magnon Cave, with the Pillar supporting the Roof. 



b 



a, The Road rising to the N.N.W. 



6, Les Eyzies. 



* Thanks to M. de Nomaison, Railway-Engineer, at Perigueux, who kindly communicated the necessary 

 documents, we have been able to give an exact account of the successive interferences with the natural 

 form of the ground at this spot. 



