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Rh soon found this to be true especially of the front and dorsal views. Even his favorite profiles did not escape the universal tendency particularly when they dealt with groupings or herds of animals. An excellent example was recently discovered in the cavern of La Mairie at Teyjat (Dordogne). It represents a herd of reindeer (fig. 16). The three in the lead are fairly well differentiated as is also one at the rear. The space between is filled in by crosshatching similar to that on the bodies of the leaders, representing therefore the undifferentiated bodies of those in middle of the herd. Above rises a forest of horns. These being the most characteristic feature of the animal are exaggerated as if to make up for the artist's sacrifice of detail with respect to body and limbs. The entire group is delicately incised on the radius of an eagle that was found in the upper Magdalenian layer of the cavern floor.

A work of art similar to the foregoing but engraved on a fragment of stone and representing horses instead of reindeer was found many years ago in the cavern of Chaffaud (Vienne). The surface