CHAP. VII.] 



RELATION TO THE ESKIMOS. 



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also be remarked that all those found in the caverns are 

 considerably the worse for wear. The gloves, also, of the 

 Cave-men (Fig. 75) are similar to those now used by 

 the Eskimos. 1 



The most astonishing bond of union between the 

 Cave-men and the Eskimos is the art of representing 

 animals. Just as the former engraved bisons, horses, 

 mammoths, and other creatures familiar to them, so do 

 the latter -represent the animals upon which they depend 

 for food. On the implements of the one you see the 

 hunting of the urus and the horse, depicted in the same 



FIG. 93. Eskimo Hunting Scene. 



way as the killing of the reindeer or walrus on the 

 implements of the other (Fig, 93). Beindeer and seals 

 are represented in the same manner by both. The 

 identity of the style is so extraordinary, that had the 



FIG. 94. Portion of Implement, Laugerie Haute, ^. 



head of the arrow-straightener (Fig. 94) from Laugerie 



1 The gloves of the Eskimos in the British Museum present consider- 



