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220 L'Anthrop., 3rd June, ist July, 4th and i8th November 1897, 19th October 1899, an d I7th October 1901), with the happiest results. It seems that about fifty years ago the cave, then presenting an open recess facing south, and extending some 12 metres inwards, had been formed into a kind of storeroom by building a wall in front, leaving only a door for access. Its contents, including, it is said, decayed bones and flint implements, had been utilised as manure. In April 1895 ^ was ascertained, for the first time, that the cave was not limited to the space occupied by the storeroom, as, on clearing out a small portion of the débris still remaining at its inner end, a

P.220-fig.72-Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe.djvu.jpg FIG. 72. Sketch of Horse engraved on the Wall of the Grotte de La Mouthe. (After Rivière.).

semicircular opening 0.37 metre in height and 0.62 metre in breadth was discovered. This passage led into wider expansions for some 220 metres farther. It was on the walls of this inner portion that the engravings now under consideration were detected. On i7th October 1901, M. Rivière laid before the Anthropological Society correct drawings of some of these wall decorations, clearly representing the following animals, viz., bison, bovidæ, reindeer, goat, mammoth, and two equidæ. The figures of the two horses were incised on a panel 128 metres from the entrance. The first (Fig. 72) represents an animal with a small head, slender neck, and well-formed fore-quarters ; but the posterior half is heavy and altogether out of proportion. The other (Fig.