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those which still grow wild in the Swiss forests. No traces of 

 the vine, the cherry, or the damson have yet been met with, 

 but stones of the wild plum and the Prunus padus have been 

 found. Seeds of the raspberry and blackberry, and shells 

 of the hazel-nut and beech-nut occur plentifully in the 

 mud. 



From all this, therefore, it is evident that the nourishment 

 of the dwellers in the Pileworks consisted of corn and wild 

 fruits, of fish, and the flesh of wild and domestic animals. 

 Doubtless also milk was an important article of their diet. 



The list of plants found in the Pileworks stands as 

 follows : 



Pinus abies. 

 picea. 

 sylvestris. 

 Mughus. 

 Quercus Robur. 

 Fagus sylvatica. 

 Populus tremula. 

 Betula alba. 

 Alnus glutinosa. 

 Corylus Avellana. 

 Prunus spinosa. 

 Padus. 

 avium. 

 Tilia. 



Carpinus Betulus. 

 Cornus sanguinea. 

 Taxus baccata. 

 Rubus idseus. 



fruticosus. 

 Fragaria vesca. 

 Carum Carvi. 

 Heracleum Spondylium. 



