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all by those artists of the Eeindeer period, the fauna is depicted 
in endless variety, over 300 specimens having now been collected — 
representing man, mammoth, reindeer, auroch, horse, hull, wild-goat, 
saiga, hear, salmon and other kinds of fish. It is also remarkable 
that although their geometrical figures are extremely varied, not a 
single circle has yet been observed among them. 
Of singular interest are a few representations of men and women, 
all of which are nude, although a female seems to he adorned with 
bracelets and a necklace (Coll. Piette). This figure comes from 
Laugerie Basse, as well as another, of the same sex, sculptured in 
ivory (Coll, de Vihraye), and that of a man creeping on his belly, 
and in the act of hurling a spear at an auroch (Coll. Massenat). 
Another figure, engraved on portion of a baton de comm.andement^ 
from La Madeleine {Musee de St Germain), represents a man walking, 
and carrying a club on his right shoulder. 
In conclusion, let me say that these cursory remarks give but a 
faint idea of the interesting and profound problems embraced by 
the science of Anthropology. The earlier portion of the period 
covered by them is destined to be for ever memorable in the history of 
mankind and civilisation. Never, since the material world became 
an object of human study and reflection, has there been accom- 
plished, in so short a time, such a complete and far-reaching revolu- 
tion in current philosophical opinion — a revolution whose effects are 
not confined to Anthropology alone, but permeate every department 
of knowledge. From the standpoint of evolution, the entire organic 
world reveals a unity, a harmony, and a grandeur never before 
reached under any system of speculative philosophy. 
