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engraved on it (Fig. 87) ; the Venus impudique, a headless statuette carved in ivory (PI. 'XXVIII., No. i); a piece of reindeer-horn* coarsely sculptured into the shape of a human head (No. u); the incised figure of a man with a disproportionately long arm (Fig. 86, No. 3) ; and the famous picture of a man hunting an auroch P.239-fig.87-Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe.djvu.jpg . (PI. IX., No. i). From the Cave of Rochebertier (Charente) there is a human head (PI. XXVIII., No. 12), and from that of Pont-a-Lesse (Belgium) a small body figure (No. 5), both made of reindeer-horn. From the caves of Brassempouy (Landes) and Grimaldi (Italy) and others we have a number of statuettes in ivory and steatite (Nos. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10). Finally, the anthropoid figures (Nos. 7 and 6) are from the stations of Mas-d'Azil (Ariege) and Gourdon (Haute-Garonne). It will be observed that the Chasseur d'Aurochs and Piette's anthropomorphous ape have long hair over the body. The female figure from Laugerie Basse also has hair on the body, but it is represented as of a finer quality.

There are many other problems bearing on the culture and civilisation of the Palæolithic people of Europe which naturally come within the scope of these lectures, but which have scarcely been touched upon, such as the domestication of some animals, as advocated by the late M. Piette with regard to the horse ; the value of the recently discovered ceremonial interments as evidence of religiosity ; the relation of Palæolithic civilisation to that of present-day savages, etc. But these problems can lie over to be discussed by my successors in this lectureship.

Concluding remarks.

When you carefully consider the facts and inferences now laid before you, the first and paramount idea in your minds