KELIQTJLE AQUITANICJE. 



the above mentioned stone (fig. 10) or a piece of pyrites. Further, the trun- 

 cated end of fig. 7 coincides with this action, as also do the squared end of 

 fig. 4 (of the same Plate) and the oblique end of fig. 6. 



Other specimens, such as fig. 7, A. Plate VII., and fig. 3 of A. Plate XII., may 

 be selected as having probably been used for striking fire, a necessity which 

 the Reindeer-hunters must have felt and overcome whenever they resorted to 

 the Caverns for cooking their food. The implements for this and other prac- 

 tices and employments seem to have been made on the spot, often in considerable 

 numbers, and left there when they had served the occasion, either not cared for, 

 or superstitiously thrown aside as not to be used elsewhere or a second time. 



Fig. 4. A neat Scraper, made from a simple flat flake of translucent, granular, 

 brown Flint, the truncated end being chipped round. This end has possibly 

 been used ; and the side-edges have been partially worn by use. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 5. A narrow, arched, amber-coloured flake, roughly truncate at the bulb-end 

 (lowest in the figure), and dressed round at the other extremity. Edges not worn. 

 From Laugerie Basse. 



Fig. 6. A symmetrical, boldly dressed Scraper, much narrower at one end than 

 the other. Grey and brown banded flint. 

 From Laugerie Haute. 



Fig. 7. A narrow, somewhat arched, yellow-banded flake, neatly rounded at the 

 ends. Edges unworn. Patches of hearth-stuff still attached. 

 From Les Eyzies. 



Fig. 8. A simple, arched, shiny flake of dark-coloured flint, with the bulb-end 

 neatly dressed to an elliptical outline ; the other end rounded, and perhaps used. 

 From Laugerie Basse. 



Fig. 9. A simple, slightly arched flake, rounded at one end as usual. Externally 

 opaque and discoloured (dirty yellow) by weathering. The totally unworn state 

 of the edges is in strong contrast with the condition of the edges in fig. 1. 

 From Les Eyzies. 



Fig. 10. A narrow, slightly arched, simple Grattoir, of drab opnque flint. Edges 

 not used. 



From Les Eyzies. 



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