108 PREHISTORIC EUROPE. 



horse, goat, chamois, bouquetin, stag, roebuck, reindeer, ox, urus, 

 and some birds. Human bones were found among the others. 

 In the second layer occurred flint implements approaching in 

 form the types found at Montaigle and in the Trou Magrite. 

 Besides these were a number of implements and carved and or- 

 namented objects formed of reindeer's horn, resembling those 

 discovered by MM. Larty and Christy in the caverns of Peri- 

 gord. The animal remains of this level belonged to cave-bear, 

 badger, wolf, common fox, blue fox, hyaena, lion, hare, rhinoceros, 

 mammoth, horse, wild-boar, goat, chamois, stag, reindeer, ox, and 

 birds. The first or highest level was rich in human relics in 

 flint and horn, which evinced better workmanship than the 

 similar relics found in the other caverns. The flint implements 

 consisted principally of well-shaped blades and flakes ; and 

 there were numerous bodkins or awls, javelin- or arrow-heads, 

 and harpoons in bone and horn, besides teeth of wolf, fox, stag, 

 horse, and ox, which were drilled, as if for the purpose of being 

 suspended by way of ornament. The species whose remains are 

 met with in this upper level consist of cave-bear, brown bear, 

 polecat, wolf, common fox, blue fox, hyaena, rhinoceros, mam- 

 moth, horse, wild-boar, hare, goat, chamois, stag, reindeer, ox, 

 and various birds. A few human bones were also found. 



I shall refer to only another Belgian cave — the Trou du 

 Frontal, which occurs in the valley of the Lesse, near the village 

 of Furfooz. M. Dupont gives a section of this cave, which is 

 here reproduced (Fig. 3). The lowest deposits consist of clay 

 (4), over which come beds of gravel (3) and alluvial silt (2). 

 These represent, of course, the older accumulations of the river. 

 At H H were found many broken bones belonging to lemming, 

 reindeer, lagomys, stag, urus, beaver, chamois, horse, and other 

 animals ; and at F burnt bones and charcoal indicated an old 

 hearth. A number of human skeletons occurred in what 

 appears to have been a sepulchral cavity (S), the entrance to 

 which had been closed by a slab of stone (D). At the entrance 

 to the cavity was found an urn, along with flint implements, 

 perforated shells, and a piece of fluorine, which was likewise 



