In Fig. 79 a group of reindeer is represented, of which two are walking, while three others lie on their backs
Fig. 79.—Group of Reindeer.
with their heads in the air. This sketch is probably intended to show a successful hunt in which a portion of a herd was captured. Sometimes the hunter ran great risk in the attack of the larger animals, and in one figure engraved on a fragment of reindeer antler in the refuse-heap of Laugerie Basse, he has conveyed to us in a few masterly lines the impression made upon his mind by the charge of an elephant, trunk in air, and with mouth wide open (Fig. 80).
Fig. 80.—Mammoth charging, Laugerie Basse, 11.
The Cave-men dared also to attack the wild beasts which were their rivals in the chase. In a sketch in the caves of Dordogne, representing the outlines of a glutton,[1] we have evidence that that animal was familiar
- ↑ Rel. Aq., p. 209.
