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ments have been found. The inhabitants seem to hav^ understood the 

 manufacture of pottery to some extent, as numerous fragments show. 

 The clay for this they obtained in the bank near at hand. This was 

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 into shape, and probably the larger vessels were suiiported by wicker- 

 work made from small twigs, as there are numerous specimens which 

 seem to show such an arrangement, although no perfect vessels have 

 been found here, nor is it certain whether the vessels were baked in the 

 fire or not. 



The writer thinks the inhabitants lived mostly upon the products 



