OF THE LAKE OF NEUCHATEL. 



389 



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Figure 73. Figure 74. 



limited space, of a few square metres, a circumstance which seems 

 to countenance the idea which we have ah-eady advanced with refer- 

 ence to the constructions of the age of bronze, namely, that there 

 were here magazines rather than habitations properly so called. It 

 I would be difficult to conceive how so many swords could be found m 

 ' a single dwelling, except upon the supposition of a desperate defence. 

 Figure 72. But, in that case, it would be little probable that they should be 

 new and in the sheath. /« i • i 



The sheath is of wrought iron, composed of two very thm sheets, ot wliicli 

 one covers the other, with the exception of the lower part, which is furnished 



6th Report of M. Ferd. Keller, p. 296, (Fig. 7Aa.) Our learned friend remarks, on tbis occa 

 sion, that with the exception ol the wild boar and leaf of trefoil, all these %ures recall the 

 form of the crescent, which appears as a symbol on many pieces ot the C^allic money. ±ie 

 asks if these different signs may not perhaps desisjnate the manitfacture ot various clans. 



