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sis, and the specimen is unique among lacustrine finds. The 
blade, which has suffered somewhat by fire, is 25.58 inches long, 
straight and pointed, and the waved lines with which it is embel- 
lished are evidently the work of some pre-historic engraver. Who 
were the forgers of this weapon is a question Dr. Gross dis- 
cusses at some length and, having regard to the undoubted skill 
of the Lacustrians as metal workers and to other circumstances, 
he leans decidedly to the opinion that it was wrought by them- 
selves ; yet seeing that no other arm of the same material has 
been found elsewhere, the correctness of this conclusion is per- 
haps open to doubt. Among the objects brought to light by the 
labors of Dr. Gross are bronze daggers, highly ornamented 
hatchets, chisels, gouges, knives, hammers, anvils, needles, tools 
for net-making, fishing-tackle, buttons, chains, spoons, spear- 
heads, arrow-points and rings, bracelets and other ornaments in 
great variety. Strange to say, saws, though they seem to have 
abounded in the stone age, are rarely found among the vestiges 
of the age of bronze. The total finds of them in the Swiss lakes 
do not exceed half a dozen, of which two are in the collection of 
Dr. Gross. One was found at Mcerigen, the other at Auvernier, 
and both appear to have been used as frame saws. Another in- 
teresting find was that of a distaff at Lorcas (a stone age station) 
and a bundle of linen yarn, which, if it were not slightly carbon- 
ized, might be passed off as having been spun yesterday. No 
remains of looms have been found, but the discovery of linen 
exactly like the studs which now adorn the fronts of gentlemen’s 
shirts, and double buttons in no way distinguishable from the 
solitaires used for fastening wristbands. Ornaments of gold are 
chariot wheel and bones and skeletons of horses, put an end to 
all doubts on the subject. Some of the bits are remarkable speci- 
