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few miles east of Locmariaker, is of great interest to archaeologists, on 

 account of the sculptured stones forming its chamber, upon which groups 

 of intricate conceuti-ic and spiral lines, and outlines of objects generally 

 considered as celts are traced. These stones have repeatedly been repre- 

 sented. Fig. 14 is a copy of one of Mr. Fergusson's illustrations. 



Yet, the fact that cup-cuttings are not wanting in this part of France 

 is exemplified by the roofing-stone of Mont Saint-Michel, at Carnac, which 

 has been alluded to on a preceding page. The Rev. W. C. Lukis, 

 moreover, communicated to Mr. E. T. Stevens that he had found in twelve 

 cases cup-cuttings on dolmen-stones of Brittany (mostly upon cap-stones), 

 and in one case on a slab near the entrance of a galleried chamber. He 

 further observed them twice on menhirs, once on a rock in situ, and again 

 on a loose stone block, all in the same region.* It is not mentioned 

 whether these cups occur alone or, as is more probable, accompanied by 

 other figures. 



I am not aware that elaborate sculptures similar to those of Brittany 

 have been discovered in the southern parts of France. Simple cup-cuttings, 

 on the other hand, are not wanting there, and more of them doubtless will 

 become known in the course of further investigation. Professor Desor 

 draws in his pamphlet attention to the report of Messrs. Piette and Sacaze, 

 who lately examined in the neighborhood of Luchon, in the Pyrenees, a 

 large number of megalithic monuments, one of which, called Le Cailliaou 

 des Poiirics (the chicken-stone), has sculptured on its surface sixty-two cups, 

 from five to six centimeters in diameter and from two to three centimeters in 

 depth. Four cups in the middle of the stone are conjoined by grooves in 

 such a manner that they form a cross.f Elsewhere in his pamphlet (page 

 21) Professor Desor observes that thus far cup-stones have not been 

 noticed in the East of France, notwithstanding the abundance of erratic 

 blocks in that region. Shortly afterward, however, M. A. Falsan described 

 two cup-stones which he had discovered in the valley of the Rhone. One 

 of them, in the neighborhood of Belley, in the Department of the Ain, 

 deserves particular mention. It is a sandstone boulder of oval shape, a 



* Stevens : Flint Cliips ; Loudon, 1870, p. 490. 



t Piette et Sacaze: Les Monuments dela Montague d'Espiauj) (Pyr^u6es) ; Matdriaus, 1878, p. 24G. 



