XVIWhen the Neanderthals had finished their prostrations to the plane, they began to roam through the village looking for food. This they took as it came—dog-meat, dried fish, and water-root—chewing it with a powerful sweeping motion of their massive jaws. They did not take time to cook the meat. Quite possibly they did not know fire. Their immediate hunger satisfied, they began to gather in the village road, ready for the coming battle.
It was not necessary for them to make camp. They had nothing to make it with, or to put in it. Apparently they had never learned to catch wolf-cubs and tame them as hunting companions and guards of their rude stations, so they had no dogs to chain, or any other equipment except their weapons. Apparently they were accustomed to roaming about the country, e
