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anterior surface. In this very compact part of the bone, we see the large 

 vertical crevice made hy sawing away long thin plates or spillets of hard bone 

 fit for being made into Needles. 

 Prom La Madelaine. 



Fig. 4. A tarsal bone of a Reindeer, the cubo-scaphoid of the right side. Its 

 anterior surface is marked with several transverse notches analogous to those 

 (shown at ) in the lower part of the Reindeer's metacarpal (fig. 2). These 

 notches have most probably been produced, as in the former case, by the edge 

 of the tool used in cutting away the tendons. 

 From Laugerie Basse. 



Fig. 5. This is a small rounded rod of Reindeer antler, of which one end is 

 broken, and the other marked with blunt lateral projections and notches. 



Neater notches are seen on the somewhat similar specimens, figs. 21 and 22, 

 which were probably intended for the same use. It was thought at first that 

 instruments of this form might have been used in some kinds of knitting and 

 netting (Comptes Rendus, 1864, vol. liii. p. 404) ; but subsequently, since this 

 Plate was drawn, perfect specimens have been found, ending in a sharp point, 

 and hence regarded as weapon-heads, to be tied on the shafts of javelins, for 

 instance. See above, pages 68 and 71, and B. Plate X. fig. 4. 

 From Les Eyzies. 



Fig. 6. Fragment of an undetermined implement of Reindeer antler, on which 

 we think we recognize an engraving of a human hand with part of the forearm 

 covered with a kind of ornamental clothing. See, for more details, page 137 ; 

 and compare B. Plate IX. figs. "La and 16, page 69. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Needles of different lengths, most of which seem to 

 be made of Reindeer antler. Figs. 7 and 12 have their eyes broken. 



There is some difficulty in supposing that such long and thin Needles of bone 

 could have resisted the necessary pressure in piercing the twofold thickness of 

 skins to be joined edge to edge by overcasting or any other mode of sewing. 

 At present such long needles are used for other purposes, of which we have 

 spoken above, pages 135 &c. We leave the reader to choose for himself the 

 interpretation which he thinks the most proper. 



All these Needles came from the Station of La Madelaine. 



