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whicli splinters had been struck off, and a round pebble witb a 

 central depression on eacli side, a portion of a kind of rock not 

 found in tbis part of tbe Pyrenees. Tbere were also found 

 two roundisb pebbles witb angular facets wbicb may bave 

 served as slingstones, besides a number of implements, arrow- 

 heads, and knives made of reindeer born. Tbere were also 

 discovered tbe canine tootb of a young cave-bear singularly 

 worked on tbe outside and perforated in its wbole length, 

 worked reindeer boms, and disjointed laminte of a mammoth 

 molar from which the enamel had been detached. 



In the rubbish which covered the interior of the sepulchral 

 vault were found, as already observed, some few human bones, 

 the most finished flint implements, the best worked reindeer 

 horns, some well preserved bones of herbivora neither broken 

 nor gnawed, and a large number of teeth and jaws of carnivora. 

 But nowhere existed any cranial fragments of mammals ; and it 

 was quite evident that the remains of carnivora had been intro- 

 duced into the sepulchre for a special purpose. 



Lartet gives a list of the animals whose remains could be 

 identified. The list includes from ' eighteen to twenty foxes, 

 five to six cave-bears and cave hyasnas, three wolves, one to 

 two badgers, and some few teeth of the cave-lion (Fells sjyelceaj, 

 the wild cat, the pole-cat, and the common bear. Among the 

 herbivora he found twelve to fifteen aurochsen (Bison EuropceusJ , 

 as many horses, ten to twelve reindeer, which thus constituted 

 the chief food of man in that region ; whilst of tbe roe there were 

 only three or four, and of the mammoth, the rhinoceros, the wild 

 hog, and the gigantic Irish deer, there were scarcely any remains 

 of each specimen. It appears that these few bones were those of 

 swift animals as well as of the pachydermata, which could not 

 at that period be easily overcome by man ; for the bones of the 

 rhinoceros, which were found split and deprived of their mar- 

 row, belonged to a very young animal. 



There is no doubt that the interior of the grotto of Aurignac 

 served as a sepulchre, whilst at the entrance there was a hearth. 

 It is probable that teeth and jaws of the beasts of prey, which 

 an individual had killed in his lifetime, were buried with him 

 as trophies, or may be to provide him with aliment during his 



