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Troppau, M. Jeitteles litis discovered the remains of pile villages which resemble 

 the lake dwellings of ancient Gaul. The corals and marine shells found amongst 

 the potsherds and bones prove that these ancient inhabitants of the country kept 

 up an intercourse with the Mediterranean. 



In the end these Boii were either driven out of Bohemia, or became the 

 subjects of Germanic Quadi and Marcomanni, who held the country when the 



Fig. 81. — The Schreckenstein Aussig, on the Elbe. 



Romans first crossed the Danube. To these, at the time of the great migration of 

 peoples, succeeded R,ugii and Longobardi, and later on, in the beginning of the 

 sixth century, Slavs, who have remained the dominant race of the country down to 

 the present day. A few districts, however, such as the Schonhengstler, in UpiDcr 

 Bohemia and Moravia, have, since the dawn of history, remained uninterruptedly 

 in the possession of Germans. 



The Slav inhabitants of Bohemia and Moravia are of the same race. As a rule 



