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be reproduced in their entirety by figuring them on the convexity of the 

 specimen, they are shown, in plan, in figs. 6 b and 6 c. 



In fig. 6 b we have the drawing of the two animals for the most part visible 

 in fi 01 . Get; and the head and frontal appendages leave no doubt of their 

 belonging to the genus Genus. The head of the one in front is more conical 

 than that of the Reindeer, and more like that of the common Stag (Cervus 

 elaphus). In the horns, also, the brow-antlers and sur-antlers are near together 

 as in the adult Stag ; and the palmated or broad brow-antler of the Reindeer is 

 wanting. The upper part of the stem is, it is true, turned too much horizon- 

 tally backwards ; but we must recollect that the designer could not do other- 

 wise, having to avoid carrying the uppermost antlers on to the other face of the 

 carved stem, already occupied by two figures of Horses ; thus the horns lie too 

 close on the shoulders for a Stag. "We must also remark that the figure bears 

 no trace of the tuft of hairs rarely absent under the neck of the Reindeer. 



The second animal, or that behind the one already described, also has the 

 physiognomy of the Stag rather than that of the Reindeer. Only in this case 

 the form and direction of the horns are altogether abnormal, no doubt on 

 account of the difficulty the carver had in placing them in the space at his 

 command. 



In fig. Qc, are the two Horses which are carved on the side of the horn 

 opposite to that shown in fig. Qa. The front figure, to the right, is incorrect 

 in several points of drawing ; the head is badly set on, the eye is confused 

 with the mane, and the legs altogether badly drawn. 



The pose, however, of the second Horse is much better, and the general form 

 is more correctly given ; the limbs are more natural and better proportioned. 

 Why, however, the old artist roughened the hair near" the root of the tail (an 

 unusual feature in the figures of Horses drawn by the Aborigines of Perigord), 

 it is difficult to say, except that undressed horses and wild ponies often have 

 rough tails, in consequence of rubbing them against rocks and trees. 



From La Madelaine. 



Pig. 7. A fragment of Reindeer Horn on which is carved a head, with a large 

 and outstanding eye and a face apparently ending in a muzzle. Possibly some 

 Bovine animal was intended to be figured. These features are repeated on the 

 two sides of the specimen symmetrically ; or rather one side of the face (with 

 one nostril, one eye, and possibly one ear) is cut on one side of the stem, and 

 the corresponding half on the other, the two halves coming closely together 



