LECTURE XIII. 377 



On comparing tlie drawings of many skulls from old graves 

 and pile-works of Switzerland made by Prof. His, we both 

 were struck witli tlie resemblance of some of tliese long skulls 

 to my Bernese skull. 



Pig. 116. Long-Skull of Hohberg, near Solotlrarii, after a di-awing by His. 



One of tliese skulls was in Basle ; another bad been dug out 

 by Hugi, twenty years ago, in Hobberg, about three miles 

 from Solothurn ; a third belonged to the collection of Colonel 

 Schwab in Biel, and was found in a pile-work on the lake. 



We had now some starting- points for further inquiries. A 

 journey to Biel and Solothurn furnished us with further par- 

 ticulars, and gave us at the same time an opportunity of 

 examining about two dozen old skulls, which Dr. Schild had 

 dug out at Grenchen, and presented by him to the museum 

 of Solothurn, the director of which. Prof. Lang, had the kind- 

 ness to place them at my disposal. Even among these Swiss 

 skulls of Grrenchen, there were, by the side of broad Swiss 

 skulls of the present type, two narrow skulls which I studied. 



The archaeological question was soon solved by M. Amiet, 

 the learned town clerk of Solothurn. The graves opened by 

 Hugi, in the Hohberg, contained large ear-rings and bracelets 

 of bronze, strings of amber beads, and light blue opaque glass 

 pearls, iron swords, one with a silver ring and an old inscrip- 

 tion signifying, according to Professor Mommsen of Ziirich, 



