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bearing figures of Fishes, are worn (we are told by Mr. Francis Poole) by some of 

 the Indians, of North-west America as Charms, when sailing across Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound." We can add that we have seen similar specimens in the 

 collection brought home from Alaska by M. Alphonse Pinart. 



An outline of a Fish engraved on a Reindeer jawbone, from Laugerie Basse, 

 and in M. de Vibraye's collection, seems referable to a Squalius, as shown in the 

 annexed woodcut (fig. 86). 



Fig. 86. 



Outline of a Fish (Squalius) engraved on a Reindeer Jaw, from Laugerie Basse. In the Collection of the 



Marquis de Yibraye. 



Several figures, on bone, from the Caves represent an Eel-like animal, either 

 a Snake or an Eel. "We think it rather improbable that it is the latter animal 

 which the primitive artists wished to figure ; for they would have indicated, with 

 their usual exactness, the fins of this Fish ; nor have we recognized its bones 

 among the debris of the habitations of these people. 



To resume, the Salmon appears to have been of great, importance as food with 

 the Cave-dwellers of Perigord, and it is probable that they migrated in search 

 of this Fish ; whilst in their every-day fishing they caught Trout, Pike, Bream, 

 White Bream, Dace, and Chub. 



[NOTE. For some remarks on the Art of Fishing among Prehistoric People, 

 see M. G. de Mortillet's memoir ' Origine de la Navigation et de la Peche,' 8vo 

 (pp. 48) : Paris, 1867. EDITOR.] 



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