OF THE LAKE OF NEUCHATEL. 



375 



metres The wings are n-ot very large, but tlie centre expands into a rounded 

 prominence, wliicli gives great solidity to the weapon. The socket, whose border 

 is usually embellished by some parallel lines, is large, so as to be capable ot 

 receiving a stout handle. Arrows (Fig. 51) are thus far not numerous, ihey 

 are small scarcely measuring from three to four centimetres, triangular, and tre- 

 quently furnished with barbs more or less divergent, being of the same form 

 with those of the age uf stone. Like the latter, most of them were att.iched to 

 the wood by a shank, and it is only in one specimen, found at Estavayer, that 

 a socket occurs. Those with a shank come from the station of Font, or trom 

 that of Nidau. 



Fig. 



Fig. 56. Fig. 57. Fig. 58. 



Fig. 53. Fig. 54. Fig. 55.. 



ARTICLES OF ATTIRE. 



Objects of luxury or personal adornment are at least as numerous as utensils 

 and arms, thus proving that the tribes of the age of bronze had arrived at- a cer- 

 tain degree of ease and prosperity. In the collections attention is attracted by 

 pins for the hair, bracelets, pendants for the ears, and certain engraved plates, 



