250 NATURE AND WOODCRAFT. 



of the times occupied these caverns, and thus 

 the bones had been conveyed there — the 

 domestic animals serving as food, while the 

 rest were the produce of the chase. And 

 this is to some extent borne out by the fact 

 that occasionally the palmate part of an antler 

 has afforded material for rude attempts at art, 

 which we find there depicted. These bone 

 sketches generally represent hunting scenes. 



Our researches have also revealed flints, 

 arrow-heads, and chipped bones, but to un- 

 scientific workers like Gip and me these have 

 little meaning. We have succeeded, however, 

 in bringing to light the remains of an ex- 

 tinct fauna altogether different from that which 

 exists about us. We know that the Wild White 

 Cattle of the period grazed the green hillsides 

 of the valleys, and that bears of two species 

 kept the rocky fastnesses of the mountains. 

 Eed Deer roamed the fell and corrie, while 

 the Roe in family parties trooped through the 

 old woods. The Beaver constructed its dam on 

 the banks of the secluded streams, and Wild 

 Boars wallowed by the margins of the reedy 

 meres. Badgers and Wild Cats were common, 

 and the Wolf a roaming marauder. Belts of 



