g KELIQTJLffi AQTJITANIOE. 



&c., translated by J. E. Lee, 8vo, 1866, pi. 3. fig. 20. Similar pointed instru- 

 ments of bone and horn necessarily have been, and still are, in common use 

 as piercers, arrow-points, &c., especially among people not in possession of 

 metals*. T. R. J.] 



Fig. 8. A pointed Implement, made of a hollow and very thin bone (probably of 

 a Bird), by one end having been cut away obliquely. 



Fig. 9. A flat, curved Implement, almost sharp-edged on its convex margin; 

 made of Reindeer Horn. 



Figs. 10, 11, and 12. Small pointed Implements made of the most compact 

 portion of the tines or points of antlers of Reindeer or other Deer. That shown 

 by fig. 12 is exactly like the specimen, from Aurignac, figured in the ' Ann. Sc. 

 Nat.' I. c. pi. 11. fig. 2. In the absence of eyed needles, probably these served 

 as awls or bodkins for sewing; fig. 10, however, has some cross cuts at its 

 base, that may possibly have reference to its having been lashed on a stick as 

 an arrow-point. 



Figs. 13 a and 13 b represent a somewhat oblong flake, of compact bony substance, 

 with a nearly flat face in fig. 13 b, and slightly convex in fig. 13 a (see the sec- 

 tion, fig. 13 c). This specimen has been of necessity strongly impregnated with 

 gelatine for its preservation ; and it is difficult now to form a notion of its real 

 structure, excepting that at certain points of fracture we believe we can see 

 some traces of exfoliation ; so we hesitate to come to a decision as to whether 

 it is antler, hard bone, or ivory. It may possibly consist of the last-named 

 substance, as far as its appearance proves especially as a worked piece of 

 Elephant's tusk was found with these specimens in the Rock- shelter at the 

 Gorge d'Enfer, just as a fragment of a tusk was found in the cave at 

 Cro-Magnon (see page 66). 



Fig. 13 has a minute marginal notching, probably for ornament. The series 

 of shallow cuts near the edges, and the somewhat systematically arranged 

 pitting, on both faces, are very puzzling, if indeed they were intended to 

 mean anything at all. The reader will observe that the groups of cuts differ 

 in direction, shape, and number; but in this some may see a character of 

 value. It is difficult also to say if the combination of oblique transverse lines 



[* Such pointed implements of bone have been found in the Mounds of North America, where also 

 implements of metal occur; see 'Smithsonian Contributions,' vol. i. p. 220, figs. 119 & 120; and vol. ii. 

 p. 79, figs. 25-27. T. K. J.] 



