^g EELIQUIjE AQUITANTCLE. 



elsewhere* figured another, still smaller miniature Harpoon (?) of this sort, 

 which was found imbedded in the breccia of the Cave at Les Eyzies. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 9. Another minute Harpoon-like head, of similar dimensions to the last, but 

 showing only two barbs cut distinctly, whilst above them two others are in- 

 dicated by shallow, oblique, unfinished notches. This specimen has preserved 

 its sharp point. Near the pointed butt there is a kind of notch, which may 

 have been of use in fastening this little weapon on a shaft. 

 Prom La Madelaine. 



Figs. 10 to 15 are the two-pointed subcylindrical spikes, or skewer-like pieces, of 

 Reindeer-horn, referred to above, page 55. Their use is uncertain. Mr. Henry 

 Christy thought that they may have formed part of Fish-hooks, having been tied 

 on to other bones or sticks obliquely, as already described (page 55) ; and indeed 

 in the specimen fig. 12 there are notches made at intervals along the stem ; and 

 one of its ends is flattened on one side, so as to allow of its being laid against 

 another piece and tied securely onf. Fig. 15 is longer and much thicker than 

 the others; and one end is thicker than the other. It bears some rough 

 notchings near the middle. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Although the specimens figured in B. Plate VI. were all got from the hearth- 

 stuff at La Madelaine, yet similar Implements are not wanting in our other 

 Stations in P>ordogne. "We have indeed precisely similar specimens from the 

 Cave at Les Eyzies, and from the Rock-shelter of Laugerie Basse. From the 

 Lower Cavern of Massat (Ariege) we have also got Barbed Harpoons and Arrow- 

 heads, of the same type f. "We are also able to cite the fine specimens of the same 

 kind found at Bruniquel by M. Brun, who has kindly authorized us to have a 

 drawing made of the Harpoon figured at page 50. The specimens from La Made- 

 laine, however, being more perfect, and more varied in form, we have naturally 

 preferred to figure them for the purposes of this publication. 



* Eevue Archeologique, April 1864, p. 247. 



t These bone spikes, lashed on obliquely by their middle to the bevelled end of a shaft, may also have 

 served for both point and barb of a dart, such, as the Australians make out of a long stick and a Kangaroo's 

 fibula sharpened at both, ends. 



J Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London, vol. xvii. p. 470, fig. 4. 



