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226 cave of Font-de-Gaume belong to a later period than the engravings of Combarelles, founding this opinion on the frequency in the former of the figures of the bison, and the rarity of those of the reindeer and mammoth (ibid., p. 238.)

Altamira.

This cave is situated on the summit of a hill of cretaceous rock, with the entrance facing the north, and affording peeps of the sea, from which it is distant some 3 kilometres. On

P.226-fig.78-Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe.djvu.jpg FIG. 78. Plan of the Cavern of Altamira. (Drawn by M. Harle in 1903.).

entering, there is a vestibule half-filled with fallen rocks overlying a heap of shells, broken bones, and other kitchen débris ; and on the left there is a spacious chamber, 40 metres by 10 metres, described on the plan as salle "aux grandes fresques," on account of the number of figures of animals engraved and painted on its roof. The accompanying plan and descriptive references (Fig. 78) give all necessary details