BONE- AJSTD CAVE-DEPOSITS OF THE EEINDEER-PEBIOD. 169 



Reindeer-horn or of bone. The principal of these are dart- or arrow-heads with 

 a number of barbs running along either one or both sides, s^Ztts-shaped in- 

 struments, pointed at one end and chisel-shaped at the other [harpoon-points], 

 and needles of good finish and workmanship, with neatly drilled eyes. Some 

 perforated pieces of Reindeer-horn, and others bearing the marks of sawing upon 

 them, have also been found, as well as some bearing animal forms sculptured upon 

 them, but not so finely engraved as those which will subsequently be mentioned. 

 The deposit is of course full of animal remains ; but the fauna is the same as that 

 of the Cave of Les Eyzies, which will shortly be described. 



Laugerie Saute and Laugerie Basse. Descending the valley, the next place to 

 be noticed is Laugerie Haute, where a nearly similar deposit to that of La Made- 

 laine occurs, in various places at the foot of the cliffs on the right bank of the river, 

 over a distance of upwards of half a mile to Laugerie Basse. In one place, where 

 the ossiferous deposit is covered by a large mass of rock which fell from the cliff 

 about 120 years ago, it attains a thickness of from 7 to 8 feet ; but it is usually 

 rather thinner. Besides containing worked flints of much the same character as 

 those at La Madelaine, a number of fragments of the more carefully chipped lance- 

 heads, similar to those from Badegoule, and of what are possibly crescent-shaped 

 implements, like those so frequently found in Denmark, have been found here, as 

 also a few arrow-heads of the leaf-shaped type, and some flakes skilfully chipped 

 into a knife-like form. The animal-remains, which are usually very friable, are 

 the same as at Les Eyzies ; but a few teeth of the Megaceros ?iibernicu8, and some 

 detached plates of molars and portions of the tusk of Elephas primigenius, have 

 been met with. 



I had not the opportunity of making more than a cursory examination of the 

 deposit at Laugerie Basse, whence Messrs. Lartet and Christy have procured a 

 large number of important objects. The scene of their excavations lies beneath 

 the shelter of the overhanging rock on the right bank of the river, and about 

 30 feet above its level. In general character the beds approach very closely to 

 those of La Madelaine. The worked flints, especially those of small size, are 

 common ; but the carefully chipped forms, such as those from Laugerie Haute, 

 appear to be extremely rare. Reindeer-horns, both shed and attached to portions 

 of the skull of the animal, are very abundant ; and nearly all have had some 

 portion of them removed, apparently by means of flint saws. Instruments carved 

 from these horns are also numerous, and present a considerable variety of form, 

 some of them being also ornamented with patterns in relief. Besides these, there 



