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from the sea, where he subsisted on fish, to the inland 

 regions, where he hunted wild horses. The number 

 of bars representing the waves has perhaps the ad- 

 ditional meaning of indicating how many times he had 

 performed this migration ; and on the opposite side of 

 the piece of bone are two heads of the aurochs, which 



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Fig. 38. TOTEMS OF FAMILIES OP THE REIBTDEEB AGE iir FBANGE. 

 (from Christie and Lartet.) 



was perhaps his totem, or distinctive mark. Such a 

 pictograph might, however, admit of a more precise 

 interpretation. The aggressive attitude of the eel, 

 with open mouth near the heel of the man, and the 

 helpless and tame aspect of the horses, with the hasty 



