ARCHEOLOGY. 367 



The builders of the palisade habitations could not have arrived in 

 Switzerland before the glacier era, which forced the elephant and the 

 rhinoceros far down into Africa, and drove the marmot and the reindeer 

 into the ^wiss lowlands. But when middle Europe was warmed up 

 again by sunnier days, a repopulation by a partly new fauna and flora 

 took place upon the ground where before the reign of the glaciers, 

 the auerox, and those large pachj-derms, had been grazing together. 

 At this time man made his appearance, accompanied by the dog, the 

 goat, the sheep, the domesticated auerox, and the turf cattle; the 

 latter he may have introduced already tamed, or he may have tamed 

 it after he had found it there in a wild state. 



The lake inhabitants of Wangen and Moosedorf, therefore, were 

 not autochtons, in the strict sense of the word, and it is even doubt- 

 ful whether another race did not inhabit middle Europe before them, 

 and even anterior to the glacier age; for recently there were dis- 

 covered in a cave near Aurignac (Hautegaronne) seventeen human 

 skeletons, with a number of bones of the mammoth and a contempo- 

 raneous rhinoceros, besides those of many other animals. Some of 

 these bones had been artificially opened by human hands for the sake 

 of the marrow — similar to bones which were found under the lacus- 

 trine habitations. Those bones in France also exhibit the marks of 

 the teeth of the cave tiger and the hyena spelasa; of both these 

 animals also numerous bones have been found. Remains of the 

 auerox, the reindeer, and the stag were also found there. Thus 

 science has at her disposal the relics of predecessors, witnesses, and 

 followers of the glacier era. Even the horse and the ass were found 

 to be represented there; only the dog is looked for in vain. 



On the strength of this fact Dr. Riitimeyer concludes that man ex- 

 isted before the glacier era, having domesticated at the time several 

 animals, while the elephant and the rhinoceros existed in the regions 

 of middle Europe. 



REPORT UPON THE ANTIQUARIAN AND ETHNOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS 



OF 



THE CANTONAL MUSEUM AT LAUSANNE. 



By FRED. TKOYA, 



[Translated for the Smithsonian Institution.] 



Mr. President and Gentlemen : The collections of the Cantonal 

 Museum, which you have intrusted to my care, are those of antiqui- 

 ties and ethnology, on which, in compliance with your circular of the 

 19th instant, I proceed to report. 



The collection of antiquities includes objects of very various origin 

 which may be classed under tw^o general heads, namely, of Swiss 

 antiquities and foreign antiquities. The Swiss antiquities quite 



