64 KELIQTJkE AQUITANIC^E. 



B. BONE IMPLEMENTS, &c. 



B. PLATES VII. & VIII. (One Plate.) 



A double-sized Plate is necessary for the full and convenient representation of 

 some of the specimens now before us. 



Fig. 1. A broken piece of a metatarsal bone of a Reindeer, on which are repre- 

 sented two forms of animals walking one after the other. The old artist, 

 cutting them in outline, neglected their more characteristic features. Thus 

 the head of the one in advance is indefinite in form, and has neither an eye, 

 nor ear, nor indication of a mouth. Nevertheless the four oblique marks 

 thrown in above the shoulders to indicate a mane, the curved line of the back 

 and rump, the setting on of the tail, and the bend of the hock are sufficient 

 to assure us that a Horse was here meant to be figured ; and although the 

 legs remain unfinished below, there is still in the general attitude of the animal 

 an expression of movement, which denotes a practised hand and a capability of 

 executing more correct work. 



The hinder figure, still less carefully engraved, may nevertheless be recognized 

 as having been intended for a Horse. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 2. A fragment of some cylindrical implement made of Reindeer-horn, broken 

 at the ends, but bearing a series of three animals walking one after the other ; 

 the middle one only is complete, and is a mere outline of a form referable to a 

 Carnivore perhaps a Fox. The figures of Carnivorous Animals are very rare 

 at the Stations in Perigord ; and on this account we have particularly brought 

 forward this little specimen, though offering insufficient material for correct 

 conclusions. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 3. Here we have a subject that is better represented in B. PL II. fig. 7 

 namely, two Reindeer at a gallop, which are very well characterized by the 

 bearing of the head and by the stretching of the faintly indicated limbs. This 

 carving, much damaged by the decay of the material, is cut on the stem of a 



