Lascaux •
SIR, May another pilgrim this summer to the cave at Lascaux add an unscientific but very simple suggestion of its original use? The ordinary visitor goes to see these magnificent paintings for two main reasons, first because they are reported to be superb, and secondly because they are so very, very old. Now, may.it not be that early man also was actuated by a desire to see the great achievements of his contemporaries' If- these dim prehistoric ages could produce such sensitive artists, is it so absurd to suppose that they could also produce people capable of appreciating their work? In short, instead of referring to the discovery of the cave we might be more correct if we described it as the re-opening of the Lascaux Galleries.--Your obedient servant, ELEANOR FRENCH. St. James's Vicarage, West Hampstead, N.W.6.
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