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Reindeer's antler, the base of which had been pierced with a hole, of which 

 half remains at the broken end of the specimen. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 4. A piece of the cave-breccia from Les Eyzies, in which is imbedded a 

 fragment of a long bone, retaining some traces of carving. At one end of it 

 we see a part of the head, the neck, and the upper half of the trunk of an 

 animal with a rather rounded back, bristling with long hairs, such as are also 

 indicated by numerous hatchings on the part of the body that is preserved. 

 The head is decidedly convex in front, and much raised towards the occiput, 

 where, however, no signs of horns appear, nor of other appendages. The generic 

 determination, therefore, of this animal is very uncertain. Nevertheless behind 

 this animal, at a certain distance and near the other and broken end of the frag- 

 ment, there is the front part of another head, of analogous form, and on this we 

 see very distinctly some appendages having the appearance of horns rather than 

 ears. This feature, together with the convexity of the forehead and the position 

 of the much dilated eye in each of the heads, allows us to suppose that the designer 

 of these two outlines had the intention to represent some Bovine animal. 



This specimen was found in the cave at Les Eyzies by Messrs. Franks and 

 Jones, during the excursion through Pe"rigord in March 1864, in company with 

 Messrs. Evans, Hamilton, Lubbock, and Galton, guided by our much regretted 

 friend Mr. Henry Christy. 



Fig. 5. The short tapering piece of Reindeer-horn here figured shows an abruptly 

 broken carving, whichj however, is not so indefinite as the last, but evidently 

 represents the head of a Horse, the head of which is put back in a nearly 

 vertical position, exaggerating the curve of shortened shoulders. The head is 

 tolerably well set on; also the ear. The eye scarcely appears. The mane, 

 as usual, is indicated by a line along the curve of the neck. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Figs. 6 a, 65, 6 c. Fig. 6 a is a portion of a carved beam of a large Reindeer 

 Antler. It bears at one end (*) the trace of a hole, almost obliterated by the 

 fracture. The other extremity is also broken ; but a sloping sawn surface 

 at ** indicates that it probably ended in a wedge-like or tapering point. This 

 specimen, of which only one side is here figured, is nearly cylindrical, and is 

 covered all round by the carved outlines of four animals. As these could not 



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