A SUPPOSED NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT. IO5 



treasured the signs of his conquests, as the Central African 

 and North American continue to do to this day, and have done 

 from the earhest ages ? 



Goat {Capra hivcus). — [A skull in a fair state of preservation, 

 with tolerably long horn-cores, is an undoubted representative of 

 this creature, and a piece of a pelvis most probably is referable 

 to the same form. — E.T.N.] 



Wild Boar {Sus scrofa-ferox). — Found at the g feet level. 

 [The Wild Boar is evidently represented by the anterior portion 

 of a very large lower jaw, with extremely powerful tusks. One 

 of the tusks measures 26.5 mm. across the inner and curved 

 enamelled surface at the base, and 200 mm. long round the outer 

 curve, a half of which protrudes from the jaw. Another piece of 

 a lower jaw of a much smaller and younger animal, as well as a 

 tibia and a foot-bone, are all the remains of this species that 

 have come to hand. Some of these remains may have belonged 

 to domestic animals. — E.T.N.] 



The Horse. — -The horse does not occur in the relic- 

 bed ; it is only in the middle or upper stages of the alluvial 

 deposit that these bones are met with. We have the limb 

 bones, upper and lower jaws of several individuals, and teeth 

 were plentiful. Some of the bones seem to have belonged to a 

 smaller animal. (Query — pony or ass ?) There is a variety in 

 the size of the limb bones and teeth. 



Dog. — Portions of two skulls, perhaps of three. One skull 

 is 6|- inches from the occiput to the muzzle, and the animal 

 would have been about the size of a modern collie. The bone 

 was at first jet black ; it was found on the bottom of the relic-bed. 

 There are also the femur and tibia of a large dog or wolf. 



Human Workmanship ; Remains of Burnt Bones, and Charcoal. 



The traces of human workmanship are apparent upon a 

 large proportion of wood, bone, and other fragments found 

 in the excavations. In connection , with fire employed by 

 the dwellers, it is important to observe the large quantity 

 of ashes and charcoal, with calcined pebbles and " pot- 

 boilers," at the bottom of the lake and upon the plat- 

 form upon which the huts were built. Much blackened 

 debris was thrown out by the inhabitants of the huts, and 

 sank into the marsh. Signs of workmanship abound in the 

 squaring, splitting, and pointing of logs, chopping of stems, and 



