The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02

be found in their ancient homes; and in n
part Of the world has more light been throw
upon the habits and the rude arts anC
industries OF the ave men than by thu
Investigations still in progress amonl
American caves, especially in the ariC
region OF the United States.
The task which the Sarasins set them
selves wa very interesting. for here wert
supposed to be primitive men In the TWEEN
tieth century living in caves untouched by
the influences Of civilization.
What the explorers really found was a
little different, though equally valuable
from the anthropological point Of view,
their caves, but they are in the stage OF
transition from cave to hut life. building
huts in their caverns or living on platforms
reared In the caves half way to the lime
stone roofs and sometimes building new
h~abitations In the open air but always near
the mouth Of their caves.
The Toalas are in fact living a foot or
two above innumerable relics from which
the Sarasins have deduced some facts
about their ancestors. The tribe knew
nothing OF these relics, but they we're brought
to light by the explorers, who tell the story
In a large book they have just published.
The first grotto the explorers reached
was O beautiful cavern, divided by a stalac-
tito column into two parts, Of which the
higher story was inhabited. Thu roof was
twenty feet above the floor, and half way
between ground and roof was a wide. low
platform supported on posts, where the
inhabitants slept. cooked and ate. The
roof was black with smoke.
No implements Of stone we're seen. but
When the explorers dug into the hard earth
about two feet they found many fragments
OF worked flint and split DO mes. These
finds are proof that In the stone & the
ave vas occupied by man, and it lie believed
that the Toalas are the descendants Of this
ancient population, All later Investigations
tended t. confirm this conclusion.
They dug into the floors Of many ca Yea
and brought up O harvest Of amulets, pipes.
arrow heads, implements and many other
things made Of stone, in addition TO articles
fashioned out OF bones and the tusks Of wild
swine So from day to day the explorers
wandered from Gave to cave. ~excavating in
many that are uninhabited. though the evil
dence brought from beneath their floors
was abundant that they were formerly
the homes OF primitive man,
Most Of the stone work was made of flint .
though volcanic stone, andesite and lime
stone were also used, There were scrapers.
knives, lance points and arrow heads in
abundance The sharp sides OF the arrow
points were cut into saw teeth.
Cooking and other utensils we're clumsily
made. Stone points TO be fastened 10
wooden handles were found, similar to those
now used by the Toalas TO dig roots. Pipes
were fashioned both from stone and bones,
No ornaments were discovered.
The fnds seemed to prove that these
primitive folk had no domestic animal ex-
cepting the dog The bones Of scores Of
beasts and birds were unearthed. but all
the finds are relics OF a hunting people
The Toalas speak OF the time not long
ago when they were hunters pure and
simple The present generation. however,
knows nothing Of the stone & They