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from La Madelaine ; but one of them is small, and may have been a Knapper. 

 No Rubber-stone has been recognized at Les Eyzies, like either the one of clay- 

 slate (A. Plate XXV. fig. 3), or a companion quartz pebble so used, at La Made- 

 laine. The rough Lance-heads of Le Moustier and the highly dressed Javelin- 

 points of Laugerie seem to be wanting. Among the Les-Eyzies specimens there 

 are very few like the coarse Choppers of Le Moustier; and oblique triangular 

 dressed flakes, such as are common in the latter Cave, are also rare (No. 6). 

 These two kinds occur very rarely at La Madelaine also, and seem to be wanting 

 at Laugerie and the Gorge d'Enfer. The little Side-scrapers (like No. 26) and 

 Angle-scrapers (like No. 27), frequent at Les Eyzies, are abundant also at La 

 Madelaine. So also ordinary flakes are generally abundant in the Caves ; but 

 at Le Moustier such simple flakes, especially of small size, are very rare. For 

 remarks on the contents of these Caves and Rock-shelters, see above, pages 4 ct 

 seq. and pages 166 et seq. 



In applying the terms "grey," "drab and cream-coloured," "brown," &c. to 

 the different kinds of flint, we have been obliged to group the several tints of 

 light and dark, as well as the mottled and granular appearances, together under 

 these respective heads, though doubtless a careful recognition of the distinctive 

 characters would be a good guide in investigating the local sources of the various 

 flints used by the Aborigines. Indeed the study of the flint of the Vezere Valley 

 would be of much interest. Its frequent granular condition has reference to the 

 still visible organic particles, such as Polyzoa, constituting the original lime- 

 stone ; whilst other varieties of the flint show the Spicula of Sponges abounding 

 here and there in the Chalk before it was pseudomorphosed into flint, as is 

 often the case in England and Ireland. Frequently the flint is translucent 

 and apparently homogeneous, owing to the perfect change the rock has under- 

 gone in its silicification. These differences are alluded to in the notes on 

 specimens in the Descriptions of the Plates. See also remarks on Flint at 

 pages 202-205. 



Grey flint, of many tints and shades, is found in 468 of the specimens ; drab 

 and cream-coloured flint, sometimes almost yellow, rarely white, but often passing 

 towards brownish-grey, in 91; various yellow flints, sometimes marked with den- 

 drites, in 32 ; and several browns, honey-brown, grey -brown, &c., in 53. Yellow 

 and cream-coloured specimens are most abundant among specimens from the 

 Gorge d'Enfer ; there are many from Laugerie, several from La Madelaine and 

 from Les Eyzies ; but from Le Moustier there are very few, if any. The " greys," 

 both light and dark, mottled and granular, abound everywhere. 



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