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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



leuciscus, Lin.), the chub (Cyprinus dobtda, Nilss.), the nase (Chondrostoma nasus, 

 [Lin.] Agass.), the burbot (Lota vulgaris, Jen.), and the rud (Scardinius erythro- 

 phthalmus, [Lin.] Bon.).* 



Pike of very large size are mentioned. Fish-remains were most abundant 

 at the stations of Robenhausen and Moosseedorf. 



Fishing -implements. The relics directly referable to fishing, which have 

 been discovered in the lacustrine relic-beds, render it certain that the ancient 

 lake-dwellers fished with the line and with nets, and there can hardly be any 

 doubt that they speared fish. Their mode of life rendered the use of boats 

 necessary, and some of them, indeed, have been preserved to our time. 



Such pointed bone rods as probably were used during the reindeer-period, 

 instead of real fish-hooks, occur frequently in the deposits around the piles of 

 ancient lake-villages, and no doubts are entertained as to their use. Dr. Keller, 

 in treating of the antiquities found at Wangen, describes them in these words : 



" Fishing-implements made of bone. These occur very abundantly. A 

 straight pin or shank is cut away a little, or has an incision round it in the 

 middle, to which the fishing-line is attached, and then the little pin is quite 

 covered over with the bait ; when swallowed it cannot easily be got rid of by the 

 fish. This plan is now in use on the Untersee for catching ducks. "f 



Fio. 39. Wangeu. Kio. 40. Wangen. Via. 41. Lake of Neuchatel. Fio. 42. Lake of Neuchatel. 



All 1. 



FIGS. 39-42. Double-pointed bouc implements. 



* Keller: Lake Dwellings; Vol. I, p. 544. 



t Ibid.; Vol. I, p. 71. " M. do la Blanchere tells us that in France a similar form of instrument is used for 

 catching eels. A straight piece of elder is taken, a needle pointed at both ends is passed through it : this is baited, 

 and so eels are caught." Barnet Phillips: Transactions of the American Fish Cultural Association, New York, 

 1879; p. 53. 



