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  GEOLOGICAL 
  MEMOIRS. 
  

  

  were 
  flint 
  implements, 
  rounded 
  and 
  angular 
  pebbles, 
  and 
  schistose 
  

   flakes 
  from 
  rocks 
  generally 
  differing 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  neighbour- 
  

   hood. 
  The 
  long 
  bones 
  were 
  invariably 
  found 
  broken 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   articular 
  cartilages 
  were 
  intact, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  gnawed 
  bones. 
  

   The 
  authors 
  liberally 
  sent 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  breccia 
  to 
  various 
  

   museums, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  Mr. 
  Francks 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   has 
  discovered 
  a 
  little 
  needle 
  of 
  Reindeer-bone, 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  Prof. 
  

   Peters 
  of 
  Vienna 
  has 
  found 
  a 
  human 
  incisor. 
  The 
  deposit 
  contained 
  

   ilint 
  implements 
  of 
  various 
  forms, 
  arrows 
  with 
  jagged 
  lateral 
  points, 
  

   made 
  from 
  bones 
  of 
  the 
  Reindeer 
  and 
  the 
  Horse, 
  little 
  harpoon- 
  

   shaped 
  hooks 
  of 
  birds' 
  bone, 
  a 
  vertebra 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  Reindeer 
  pierced 
  

   through 
  by 
  a 
  flint 
  flake, 
  which 
  remains 
  in 
  situ, 
  and 
  a 
  whistle 
  made 
  

   from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  phalanges 
  of 
  a 
  Deer. 
  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  objects, 
  

   however, 
  were 
  engraved 
  schistose 
  plates, 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  re- 
  

   presented 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  horned 
  ruminant, 
  and 
  on 
  another 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  an 
  animal 
  with 
  a 
  half-ojiened 
  mouth 
  and 
  distinct 
  nostrils. 
  

  

  The 
  fauna 
  of 
  this 
  cave 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  ; 
  there 
  were 
  

   found: 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  an 
  Elephant's 
  tusk 
  artificially 
  marked, 
  the 
  

   canine 
  tooth 
  of 
  a 
  Lynx 
  pierced 
  for 
  suspension, 
  and 
  a 
  metacarpal 
  bone 
  

   of 
  a 
  young 
  Felis 
  of 
  great 
  size 
  (F. 
  spelcea 
  ?), 
  cut 
  and 
  scored 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  manner 
  as 
  other 
  bones 
  which 
  belonged 
  to 
  animals 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  

   aborigines. 
  The 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Station 
  de 
  la 
  MacMaine 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  that 
  of 
  Eyzies 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  deposit 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  

   human 
  cranium 
  was 
  found, 
  together 
  with 
  half 
  a 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  and 
  

   several 
  long 
  bones, 
  all 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  animal. 
  They 
  were 
  covered 
  

   over 
  by 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  bones 
  of 
  animals 
  and 
  flint 
  implements. 
  There 
  

   were 
  also 
  found 
  barbed 
  arrows, 
  needles, 
  and 
  imperfectly 
  carved 
  figures 
  

   of 
  animals, 
  all 
  made 
  with 
  Reindeer-horn. 
  The 
  cave 
  of 
  Laugerie- 
  

   Haute 
  has 
  a 
  fauna 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  deposits; 
  but 
  it 
  also 
  contained 
  

   teeth 
  of 
  the 
  Gervus 
  euryceros 
  and 
  laminae 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  Elephas 
  primi- 
  

   genius, 
  together 
  with 
  numerous 
  flint 
  heads 
  of 
  lances 
  and 
  scrapers. 
  

   The 
  grotto 
  of 
  Laugerie- 
  Basse 
  presented 
  a 
  fauna 
  like 
  the 
  others, 
  but 
  is 
  

   specially 
  interesting 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  worked 
  Reindeer's 
  

   horns 
  it 
  contains, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  sawn, 
  but 
  not 
  with 
  a 
  metallic 
  

   saw. 
  Here 
  the 
  largest 
  collection 
  of 
  instruments 
  and 
  arms 
  of 
  Deer-horn 
  

   was 
  found 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  implements 
  were 
  ornamented 
  with 
  carvings 
  

   in 
  relief, 
  or 
  with 
  long 
  sinuous 
  lines, 
  while 
  on 
  one 
  the 
  ornamentation 
  

   in 
  relief 
  is 
  symmetrical 
  and 
  elegant, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  fair 
  marrow- 
  

   spoon. 
  On 
  the 
  palms 
  of 
  Reindeer's 
  horns, 
  either 
  simply 
  etched 
  or 
  

   carved 
  in 
  relief, 
  were 
  representations 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  parts 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   herbivorous 
  animal, 
  of 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  an 
  ox 
  (Bos 
  primige- 
  

   nius 
  ?), 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  almost 
  entire 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  horned 
  animal 
  with 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  drawn 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  a 
  

   staff-like 
  harpoon, 
  ornamented 
  with 
  the 
  engraved 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  Rein- 
  

   deer 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Fish; 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  occurred 
  

   perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  object 
  yet 
  discovered, 
  a 
  poniard 
  with 
  

   a 
  small 
  handle 
  made 
  from 
  Reindeer's 
  horn, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  an 
  

   animal 
  (Reindeer) 
  is 
  sculptured 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  position 
  as 
  to 
  suit 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  weapon. 
  [P. 
  M. 
  D.] 
  

  

  