paint. Engraving and fresco are usually associated in the same figure. The coloring matter was, in some cases, applied after the engraving; while in others the process was reversed. Again some figures are a piecework of engraving and fresco. Some are engraved only. In certain cases the outlines of the animal are simply traced by a single stroke of the brush or pencil, usually in black. Where the contours are filled in, various tints from black to red are usually employed. The outlines are seldom marred by blotches or evidences of an uncertain stroke.
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Fig. 7.—Floor plan of the cavern of Font-de-Gaume (Dordogne). The numbers indicate the position of the engravings and paintings on the walls.
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Fig. 8.—Engraving of a lion or panther, from Font-de-Gaume. After Capitan and Breuil. C. r., Congr. intern, d'anthr. et d'arch. préhs., vol. 1, p. 388, Monaco, 1906.
Of the more than eighty figures described already from Font-de-Gaume, forty-nine represent the bison, four the reindeer, four the horse, three the antelope, two the mammoth, one the stag, one Felis leo, one the wolf (see pl. 10), one Rhinoceros tichorhinus (see pl. 10), six various signs. A number have not yet been determined.
