THE COMING OF MAN 99 



occurrence of the mammoth and other arctic creatures in 

 the gravels shows that in the Glacial Period man was 

 contemporary with these animals. Remains in caves 

 tell the same story. In limestone caverns in Devon, 

 Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, implements made by man are 

 found in company with remains of the cave bear, cave 

 hyaena, lion, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and other animals 

 either extinct or no longer inhabitants of this country 

 remains which have been preserved under floors of stalag- 

 mite deposited in the caves. In caves of central France 

 men have left carvings on bone and ivory, representing the 

 wild animals of that day carvings which show a remark- 

 able artistic sense, and a keen observation of animal life. 

 Among them is a drawing of the mammoth on a piece of 

 mammoth ivory, showing admirably the appearance of 

 the animal, with his long hair, as he has been found 

 preserved in ice to the present day near the mouths of 

 Siberian rivers. Drawings of the reindeer, true to life, 

 are frequent. 



Till recently very few Palaeolithic implements had been 

 recorded as found in the Isle of Wight. In the Memoir 

 of the Geological Survey (1889) only one such is recorded, 

 found in a patch of brick earth near Howgate Farm, 

 Bembridge.* A few more implements, which almost 

 certainly came from this brick-earth, have been found on 

 the shore since. In recent years a large number of Palaeo- 

 lithic implements have been found at Priory Bay near 

 St. Helen's. They were first observed on the beach by 

 Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., in 1886, and were traced to 

 their source in the gravel in the cliff by Miss Moseley in 

 1902. From that time, and especially from 1904 onwards, 

 many have been found by Prof. Poulton, by R. W. Poulton 

 (and others). Up to 1909 about 150 implements had been 

 found, and there have been more finds since. f 



* See figure 9, p. 79. 



t See account by R. W. Poulton in F. Morey's " Guide to the 

 Natural History of the Isle of Wight." 



