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~ (2.) Lower layers.—The list of animals found in the lower beds of the 
cavern differs a little from the precedi ne We notice the Horse, tho 
Tochs but larger than that found in the upper beds, the Bouquetin, 
large Sheep, two Rodents, and some bones of birds. The teeth of the 
Horse are more abundant than those of the Ox or Reindeer, but the 
bones of the Reindeer are more numerous than those of other Ruminants, 
ll these bones are broken like those which are found in caves inhab- * 
ited by man; the heads of the bones alone are entire 
While the bones of the surface are grayish white externally, those of 
the lower part of the deposit are colored red, as at Bruniquel, Lyzies, 
May-d’Azil, and Izeste. The former do not adhere to the tongue, a 
evidently contain gelatine, while the latter adhere to the tongue and 
contain no gelatine. In order to be sure as to the gelatine, we burned 
two fragments of bone on live charcoal; that taken from the surface 
afforded almost immediately an insupportable empyreumatic odor, and 
the other, taken from below, no odor at 
Throughout the extent of the bed or et by us, even to the rolled 
pebbles at the surface, there are found, along with the bones, wrought 
ints, and also instruments and tools made of the horns of the Reindeer 
and common Stag, and of bone. More tes four hundred flints, most of 
3 — and coarsely so, were turned out. These may be slneebhad 
as follows 
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3 aang in the fae beds. The sculptured bone represents, as nearly 
a8 we can judge, a fish with ventral fins and a div ided tail. The skill of 
The “aaa objects — be divided — two categories : those coarsely 
Wrought, a ° e finish. collection of —_— is very 
ly lies’ thal of the ua of Izeste Sitesi Pyrénées 
It appears evident thi us that the inhabitants contemporary with 
Inferior Sa and those he cavern of Izeste, had a 
We patio per from 
Bivar of the Aurochs, the existence of domestic animals, the 
_ Sbone finely sculptured, that the upper an age more 
dhe siet of tis iocec tee i ante oon, 
