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I have given the plan of the caves of Lamouroux in my "Deserts of Southern France." How general rock habitations were at one time in Perigord may be judged by the prevalence of the place-name Cluseau, which always meant a cave that was dwelt in, with the opening walled up, window and door inserted; roffi is applied to any ordinary grotto, whether inhabited or not.
We learn only, from the observations of M. Lamouroux, that if the fucus adhere to the rocks with the greatest firmness before its fructification, it separates with great facility after that period, or during the season which suspends its vegetation like that of the terrestrial plants.
In the same stone the claws of crabs, fragments of echini, and other signs of a neighbouring beach, are observed. Eunomia radiata, Lamouroux. Section transverse to the tubes. b. Vertical section, showing the radiation of the tubes. c.
That these were not places of refuge in times of danger, but were permanent habitations, would appear from the fact that those of Lamouroux contain mural paintings, and that in them, in addition to stables, there is a pigeonry. In one or two instances the piers that support the roof have sculptured capitals, of the twelfth or thirteenth century. In Memoires de la Soc. de Speliologie.
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