180 EELIQUIyE AQU1TANKLE. 



the " Reindeer -period " having lieen associated with the Postpliocene fauna. 

 Such, for instance, is the upper cave at Massat*, where a bone arrow-head (I do 

 not know of what form) is said to have been found in a deposit containing, among 

 others, abundant bones of TJrsus spelceus, Hyccna spelcea, and a large Felis. But 

 the most remarkable cave is that of Aurignac, where a number of objects, of 

 much the same character as those from the Caves of Dordogne (though without 

 any barbed arrow-heads or harpoons), were discovered by M. Lartet associated 

 with bones of Ursus spelaus, Hycena spelcea, and Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and with 

 teeth of Felis spelcea and portions of molars of Elephas primigenim, as well as 

 with bones of Reindeer, Aurochs, Stag, Horse, &c. Future observations may 

 serve to reconcile this apparent discrepancy ; but in the mean time all geologists 

 will be thankful to Messrs. Lartet and Christy for their careful researches in the 

 Caverns of the Dordogne and for the liberal manner in which they have striven 

 to make the results subservient to the interests of science. It is satisfactory to 

 know that they are about to publish a profusely illustrated account of their 

 discoveries ; and it is hoped that this slight sketch of the impressions given by a 

 visit of a few days may serve to show how interesting will be the details of the 

 researches when recorded by those by whom they were undertaken. (See the 

 Prefatory Remarks at page 161.) 



* Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xvii. p. 468. 



