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Additional traces of lacustrine constructions have been 

 discovered by Mr. Yon Schab near the Isle of Roses (Rosen- 

 insel), in Lake Starenbcrg, Bavaria. Their existence was 

 pointed out in 18C4 by Professors Von Siebold and Desor. 

 Objects of stone and bronze have been found, but none of 

 iron. Professor Desor's view, that the island in question is 

 of artificial origin, like the crannoges in Ireland, is not con- 

 firmed by Mr. Von Schab. 



Remains of palafittes also have been pointed out in vari- 

 ous mountain lakes of Austria by Count F. von Wurmbrand 

 and Dr. M. Much. The most important of these pile-works 

 is situated in the 3Iondsee (moon-lake), near its outlet. It 

 covers an area of 3000 square meters, and contains, on a 

 moderate calculation, 5000 piles. Among the objects found 

 at this place are highly finished pierced axes of serpentine, 

 wedges, grinding-stones, and vessels of clay largely mixed 

 with calcareous sand. The larger fabrics of clay are without 

 ornamentation, but the smaller ones show concentric circles 

 and various other geometrical patterns. All this earthen- 

 ware, though made without the assistance of the turner's 

 wheel, is distinguished for elegance of shape. Of particular 

 interest are some vessels of pure clay, provided with massive 

 handles. They show the unmistakable traces of long ex- 

 posure to heat, and in one particles of molten brass or copper 

 were found, a circumstance which proves that they served 

 as melting-pots. This station, it is supposed, belonged orig- 

 inally to the stone age, while its later inhabitants were ac- 

 quainted with the use of bronze. The above-named gentle- 

 men will continue their researches. 



Mr. Frank Calvert claims to have discovered in the vicin- 

 ity of the Dardanelles conclusive evidence of the existence 

 of man during the miocene period of the tertiary formation. 

 He says : " From the face of a cWW composed of strata of 

 that period, at a geological depth of 800 feet, I have myself 

 extracted a fragment of the joint of a bone of either a dino- 

 theriura or a mastodon, on the convex side of which is deeply 

 incised the unmistakable figure of a horned quadruped, with 

 arched neck, lozenge-shaped chest, long body, straight fore- 

 leojs, and broad feet. There are also traces of seven or eiirht 

 other figures, which, together with the hindquarters of the 

 first, are nearly obliterated. I have also found, not far from 



