TURBARIES. 5l 
way of distinction) was used by the natives as a 
fishery, and for conveying their productions to the 
surrounding villages, as well as to theirgreat Avalon. 
I now proceed to describe the different antiques 
in my possession, from time to time discovered at the 
bottom ofthat lake, now by age and other circum- 
stances formed into the turbary.—First, as to anti- 
quity, Iconsider the flint spears, which are rarely 
found; I have never met with but four; they are 
all of the same shape and must have been fastened 
to a shaftby thongs. As we have no flints in the 
neighbourhood of our parishes, they might have 
been an article of commerce with the inhabitants of 
Dorsetshire or other distant settlements, where they 
abound. The next spear I obtained was found in 
the year 1831, and is the Gwaew-fon, used by the 
Britons of the interior. There are also several 
kinds of the Gwaew-Hela or hunting spear, used by 
them in their excursions, all of them most for- 
midable weapons. I next had the good fortune to 
save from destruction a curious British pin or 
brooch, sometimes used after the arrival of the 
Phenicians, for the purpose of fastening the robe 
atthe neck. I next met with a fine specimen of 
the Bwyell Arv, or British battle axe, commonly 
called a celt, also Bwyell-Lydan or British hatchet, 
used for cutting wood. All these are of British 
brass and have been kept in a high state of preser- 
vation by the peat. I have also obtained three 
paddles or oars, by which canoes were steered. 
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