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  amount 
  of 
  pottery 
  fragments 
  and 
  spindlewhorls. 
  Osseous 
  material 
  is 
  

   represented 
  by 
  the 
  bones 
  and 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  cave 
  bear, 
  cow 
  and 
  ox, 
  

   besides 
  the 
  antler 
  of 
  a 
  deer 
  and 
  horns 
  of 
  a 
  bullock. 
  

  

  BELGIUM. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  collection 
  (partly 
  casts) 
  of 
  Mes- 
  

   vinian 
  and 
  Strepyan 
  artifacts. 
  They 
  are 
  so 
  called 
  after 
  the 
  typical 
  

   sites 
  of 
  their 
  occurrence 
  — 
  Mesvin 
  and 
  Strepy, 
  in 
  Belgium. 
  They 
  

   consist 
  largely 
  of 
  nodules 
  and 
  flakes 
  of 
  flint 
  or 
  brown 
  chert, 
  roughly 
  

   chipped 
  at 
  the 
  margin, 
  and 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  hammering, 
  

   cutting, 
  abrading, 
  and 
  perforating. 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Rutot, 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  at 
  Brussels, 
  Belgium, 
  divides 
  them, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  deliberate 
  design 
  which 
  they 
  exhibit, 
  into 
  

   three 
  classes 
  : 
  Mesvinian, 
  pre-Strepyan, 
  and 
  Strepyan, 
  and 
  considers 
  

   them 
  as 
  representing 
  transition 
  stages 
  from 
  the 
  Eolithic 
  to 
  the 
  Pale- 
  

   olithic 
  stages 
  of 
  culture. 
  

  

  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  implements 
  from 
  Belgium 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  Neolithic 
  

   period 
  and 
  come 
  from 
  Spiennes 
  (the 
  flint 
  mines 
  of 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  

   the 
  best 
  known, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  flint 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  mined 
  but 
  manu- 
  

   factured 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  and 
  widely 
  distributed 
  from 
  this 
  center) 
  , 
  Saint 
  

   Symphorien, 
  and 
  the 
  caves 
  of 
  Goyet, 
  Sureau, 
  Magarite, 
  Montangle, 
  

   Chaleux 
  and 
  Nutons. 
  The 
  collection 
  includes 
  miners' 
  picks, 
  cores, 
  

   rudely 
  chipped 
  celts 
  and 
  chisels, 
  hammers, 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  flake 
  

   tools. 
  Of 
  bone 
  implements 
  there 
  are 
  casts 
  of 
  darts, 
  points, 
  daggers, 
  

   harpoons 
  and 
  polishers, 
  and 
  celts 
  and 
  chisels 
  made 
  of 
  deerhorn. 
  

   Besides 
  single 
  animal 
  bones, 
  as 
  the 
  humerus, 
  radius, 
  calcaneum, 
  etc., 
  

   of 
  the 
  reindeer 
  and 
  ibex, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  well-executed 
  casts 
  of 
  the 
  

   skulls 
  and 
  lower 
  jaws 
  of 
  the 
  brown 
  bear 
  (Ursus 
  arctus), 
  grizzly 
  

   bear, 
  the 
  cave 
  bear, 
  the 
  cave 
  hyena, 
  the 
  elk, 
  wolf, 
  glutton, 
  chamois, 
  

   and 
  goat. 
  

  

  SWITZERLAND. 
  

  

  Switzerland 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  considerable 
  and 
  varied 
  collection 
  

   of 
  material 
  coming 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  from 
  the 
  several 
  settlements 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  

   dwellers 
  (see 
  above 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  dwellings, 
  page 
  422) 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  cave 
  of 
  Kesslerloch 
  (so-called 
  because 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  

   frequent 
  place 
  of 
  resort 
  of 
  traveling 
  tinkers), 
  near 
  Thayingen 
  on 
  

   Lake 
  Constance. 
  The 
  collection 
  comprises 
  a 
  wooden 
  model 
  of 
  a 
  

   lake-dwelling 
  settlement 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  stone 
  implements, 
  chipped 
  

   and 
  polished. 
  Among 
  the 
  latter 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  finely 
  worked 
  

  

  