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EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. 



[CHAP. vii. 



has been preserved in the rock-shelter of La Madelaine, 

 in which the hunter (Fig. 78), also naked, but standing 



FIG. 78. The Hunting of Bisons and Horses, La Madelaine, %. 



up, is in the act of striking a horse with something in 

 his right hand which is probably intended . for a spear. 

 He has evidently surprised a herd, and the head of the 

 horse which he is attacking has its ears pricked up in a 

 very significant fashion. The figure to the left is pro- 

 bably an eel. On the other side of the rounded antler 

 two bisons' heads are drawn with remarkable spirit, 

 their simply curved short horns offering a great contrast 

 to those of the urus of the preceding figure. Although 

 in both these sketches the hunter is represented naked, 

 it is impossible to suppose that he did not use the skins 

 of animals for clothing in a climate such as that of 

 France and Britain at the time. In the winter, at all 

 events, we must picture him clad in furs. 



The game was also probably caught sometimes by 

 means of sharp-pointed stakes, by which the animals 

 were impaled. One of these scenes is represented in 

 a sketch from La Madelaine. 1 At other times they were 

 entrapped between barriers, either natural or artificial. 



1 Ib. B. PI. 2, Fig. 5. 



