, 1877-09-15

y"aEt rassrf before circumstances brought him
INT" region "l RI he could verify tho 81. etotrs
h7 personal l'!rcrvati>n, hut 1nranwlitc lie
gathered l1r!c n,sncr 1T Interesting no:os IT.
latin; to tho history Of this primitive rne.
In Lii Mr. stowe first visited puc III tic re-
treats of shc Bu*htncn, In Riet-poor, In The dis
t1fct vi traHlnk. ficrc lie f,,;.,u1 several tx
hsnples Of tave-pa!ntin-, Illustrating hunting
scenes and dances. sincr then he has Travelled
thousands Of miles in search Of similar paint
ings, from which he has in many cases made
fas..imiie eo:is: TIE picture: record nsary
men, and aitnrd valuable Insight Into the lta,-
ttA ami c1tstnlna NJ = f1st-iieappcarfn1 rare.
They represent. groups Of men nns1 w.sren rn-
nj soGe i, IN Gn'ser ;ass'e or;n; ra i" 9"u'ensn,
seem nftcn tn b: p'rira!ts Of thu
tnlivlduals represented, antl indicate not only
Their Acx. but, their agee. nn'' their distinctive
snlcrts with these uri'nitlyc artists; yet ba.ttc
tetn"s, fights between wild animals, tlcat}l by
torture. plialT!c ceremonies. and domestic Incl
'lcnt are frequently tlcitncatcd.
a large cave Oh the hank Of tho Nclha Mr..
Stawe i''ur.i I" lie tuii Of excellent paintings,
tlie leat preserved Of which he succeedei
I'll cupytng during three lnng visits to tho
,l~t. Atnn'1 the.e pictures ,vcso peculiar
Of i'ash'nen In hunting 'li*guitcs, Il large eie-
pl1ant, nt,l n group Ut yar!us hucks. Of ths
last Mr. St1we SAYS It VA. .4ihc must beautiful
ly.nalntctl GROUP that ! have crcf met With:
this gsa,p .locs not rlual the original III the
tloTDy Kfnt,ftllneAs nj outline ainl auftnesk o!
sha'!tng. The delicate finish ni nne head In
lartiular ,aas 1t look like beautiful little en-
utnei-pa 1nt!,iV."
In only one t,lncc dill Mr. Stowe find color
used hayin:, tint .: yesnillHn. amt this was In
ap1ntinE VI "1eH. Al the animals suown 10
the ias!'1nen seem to entrr intu ,l,r.r picture.-
- f1S,1 In
other animals. forming siEGlc grnup.
In the progrcss u his cxploratiuns, Mr.. Stowe
found that In firlau:'at,I West. whcrc tho
r%sk.. being eoarss!y crystalline sre not
hhaSu ha ersiope '''!:s !ssis 'ss of,te H''9's ssi
mt in the dire, t!on OF sculpture. They hal
devised \ metlrsl Of carviHE tE chipping the
rocks into this figures OF animals; and this was
IN leu ot ehsel. md ut the cn<t ut im,ncn.e
lain,r. The outline. u TIE anfrlnl., wrought In
this cEtl'lc way, werc often nlnitraulr doll..
Where the rocks I.ni bven Volthctl by abrasion.
they were tFequcntlr c'vcFcd with mystic tynl-
Guls nnd pl'alllr etlblesns.
The stt'ne imulem.uts fond III tho cayc-rc-
tseats nf the ll.lllnen are saif bY slr. stwc To
b. identical III Shape atnl manufacture With
tssosE found III tEc caves vi the Northern HEM
iirere, mud t!!i. fle regards rs s,s"nl. LINK In
ttr chain of cyittcntc proving tbnt thu l'ushmcu
a'nl the ancient earc-snct of tue North ase "!c
AMI tho samc rase. tie l'rnti 81 tho tl!cury
ts'1t LHE IsAsN"atGH stutH"A1A LIE
textnntng Of the last glacial pcro md. when the
northern climate ngAlu amellhraicu. s0ne reluFtt..
el II, l'r .l,sl|y e1tcrntnatel a. nlore powerful
race. appeared. while ttcrs continued ttcfT prog
rcss so,iti4warl, a,d still exist u tic remnant.
Vi The tuuidly-tlccay!nv race of tush,Isc1,.
TIE clrc-ialntfl ~ Ut these primitive people
arc helm. fast uhlitrrate1 wttcreytr the rcgion IN
which they o:cur Is occu:nrA by wh.t,: inct,, ani
Afr. S&uwefs collection ol cuIles must pruve III
treat chronological v4lue IN future studies of tls
Dushmcn. -"