OF THE LAKE OF NEUCHATEL. 



357 



Figure 6a. 



Another weapon, more primitive, and at the same time more formidable, is the 

 horn of a stag converted 

 into a chil) by retaining 

 the brow antler, while 

 the rest are removed. 

 A club of this kind ia 

 in our possession, de- 

 rived from the teuo- 

 viere of Auveruier, and 

 must have belonged to 

 a truly colossal animal. 

 That of which we here 

 give a sketch, (Fig. lb,) 

 forms part of the col- 

 lection of Dr. Clement, 

 and measures fifty cen- 

 timetres in length. 

 With such an instru- 

 ment we can conceive 

 that terrible blows 

 might be inflicted. We 

 have in our collection a 

 skull pierced with a 

 round hole in the hind- 

 er part of the lei't parie- 

 tal, which may well 

 have been made with a 

 dub of this description. 



The horns of the stag 

 were also employed for 

 different utensils, as, 

 for example, hammers, 

 sixteen of which have 

 been found in the single 

 palafitte of ISTussdorf at 

 Lake Ueberlingeu. 

 There occur jdso hatch- 

 ets of this material as 

 well as clubs, pins, and 

 even combs, (Keller, 



6th Report, p. 280.) In li-me 76. 



the collection of Dr. Clement, we also meet with fish-hooks of stag's horn, com- 

 posed of a straight stem with a lateral branch or barb, (Fig. 11a.) Sometimes 



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Figure 7c. 



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again these instniments were formed of the tusk of the wild boar by crossing it, 

 a remarkable specimen of which may be seen in the collection of Dr. Uhlmann. 

 The olecrane of the stag was sometimes carved into a poinard. 



The long bones of certain animals (of the cow, the hog) are also often cut in 



