Other races of the world present many points of similarity to the French cave men. The Bushmen of Africa, and the Bushmen of Australia, _inter alios_, exemplify this. Banfield, in dealing with the drawings or so-called frescoes of men, animals, and fish on Dunk Island, vouches for the latter as “of talent, original and academic. Here is the sheer beginning, the spontaneous germ of art, the labourings of a savage soul controlled by wilful æsthetic emotions.”[32] This review of the fishing weapons and methods of the races cited—especially of the Eskimos and the Tasmanians, the races closest to the Troglodytes—provides data which make for a plausible conjecture, but none, owing to differing conditions caused by climate or custom, which enable a definite decision as to priority of implement. Let us return from this survey of races to the _cavernes_ and examine their contents.[33] Their _débris_ (at times ten feet deep and seventy long) manifests that these _stations_ served as habitations for several generations of men. From nearly all the French stations neighbouring the sea or rivers, bones of fish, especially of salmon, have been recovered. These have been identified, but not without some dissent, as belonging to the Tunny, _Labrax lupus_, Eel, Carp, Barbel, Trout, and _Esox lucius_. The presence of the last, our pike, in this (and again in Neolithic) _débris_ excites our interest as evidence that the Troglodytes knew and made use of a fish whose absence, despite its wide geographical distribution, from all Greek and Latin literature until we reach the time of Ausonius, Cuvier, or more strictly Valenciennes, notes with extreme surprise.[34] While in La Madelaine and elsewhere fish occur abundantly in the _débris_, at some _cavernes_ in the Vézère Valley, notably Le Moustier, they cannot be traced. Their absence coupled with the presence of animal bones has led some archæologists to the conclusion that Le Moustier and other stations were earlier inhabited than La Madelaine, at a time, in fact, when according to Paul Broca, “Man hunted the smaller animals as well as large game, but had not yet learned how to reach the fish.” In addition to osseous deposits, numerous ichthyic carvings and engravings on materials and weapons present themselves. It is curious, however, to note that (at any rate up to 1915) of all the caves and grottoes two only, Pindal on the wall, and Niaux (the latest discovered French cave where black is the solitary colour employed) on the floor, furnish us with representations of fish on _wall or floor_. [Illustration: TWO SEALS, DEAD TROUT, AND (?) EELS. From _Le bâton de bois de renne de Montgaudier_ Museum.]