72 KELIQUI^E AQUITANICLE. 



silent. His duty is to confirm the facts forming the subject of this Introductory 



Notice, as far as they belong to his domain. To the Anthropologist we look to 



enlighten us on the characters of the race. It may, however, be remarked that 



the sea-shells associated with the Sepulture at Cro-Magnon are in no wise of 



Mediterranean origin, but belong only to the Atlantic Ocean, and are notably 



common on the shores of La Charente. This fact may be taken in consideration 



together with the circumstance of there being in this Sepulture several pebbles of 



Basalt, which could not have been taken from the valley of the Vezere, but 



might well have been brought from that of the Dordogne. Hence we are led to 



suppose that before coming to the Cave District, where they found conditions so 



favourable for their mode of life, the Reindeer-hunters had sojourned on our 



Atlantic Coasts, and that they arrived at the banks of the Vezere after having 



ascended the Valley of the Dordogne. 



