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On what had apparently been a terrace in the rock below the cave, we found 

 portions of a layer of breccia resting against the cliff, and containing fractured 

 bones, worked flints, and some charcoal. The whole surface of the ground in 

 front, which had been converted into a vineyard, was literally strewed with 

 worked flints, bones, and teeth, among which we recognized those of the Horse, 

 Ox, and Reindeer. The worked flints consisted of flakes and the cores or nuclei 



Fig. 59. 



Diagram Section of the Hill above Condat. 

 d 



a, Jurassic Limestone. d, Top of hill (vineyards), with 



b, Sand and stones (quartzite &c). a few foreign stones on the 



c, Badegoule ; vines on the platform. surface. 



from which they had been struck, scrapers (grattoira) or flakes worked to a 

 rounded end, some fragments of carefully chipped lance-heads, and of long narrow 

 blades neatly chipped on both faces, and of a few other forms. Many of them 

 have a stalagmitic coating upon them, proving that they had been derived from 

 the breccia. As this is only one of a series of very similar, but better investigated 

 cases, I propose giving a short description of them all, and of the character of the 

 objects discovered at each, before proceeding to any general considerations. 



Le Momtier. After sleeping at Montignac, the next spot which we visited was 

 the Cave at Le Moustier, explored by MM. Lartet and Christy during the course 

 of the previous winter (figs. 60 and 61; and Lithographic Sketch, No. 1, in Part V.). 

 This, more correctly speaking, may be said to be a recess running along the face of 

 the cliff rather than a cavern in the ordinary acceptation of the word. It lies on 

 the north bank of the river, about 80 feet above its level, and was until lately 

 filled up within a few inches of the roof by a succession of beds varying in thick- 

 ness at different spots, but preserving generally the following arrangement in 

 descending order : 



2 A 



