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probably were so in old times, and, as there are no traces of 
lake-dwellings in Denmark, Sir John Lubbock has suggested 
that they indicate the places where the fishermen, formerly, 
were accustomed to drag their nets. Mr. John Evans is of 
opinion that some of the coast-finds may be due to shell- 
mounds having been destroyed by inroads of the sea. 
a 36 to a 39, c 22 to c 27. 
Flint and Stone Implements from Sweden and Denmark. 
The immense number of stone implements found in Scandi- 
navia has often been mentioned, indeed the whole country is a 
museum upon a grand scale. No flint implements of palaeo- 
lithic types have hitherto been met with in Scandinavia. Sir 
John Lubbock has failed to find a single specimen in the 
museums at Copenhagen, Stockholm, Lund, Flensborg, or 
Aarhuus ; he has also examined many private collections with- 
out discovering any ; his opinion is that Scandinavia was not 
peopled during the Palaeolithic period. 
Stone Hatchets. 
The typical Scandinavian flint hatchet has straight sides : 
flint hatchets with oval sections are, however, found in Scandi- 
navia, although they are not at all abundant. 
A 36. 
Very few of the flint hatchets in this Case have been rubbed 
or polished. Nos. 3, 11, 12, and 13, however, are exceptions. 
Nos. I and 4 are nicely chipped; Nos. 7 and 17 have the 
peculiar crimped" work at the edges seen in perfection upon 
the handles of some Scandinavian daggers. No. 9 is bruised at 
the end, as if from being struck with a hammer-stone. 
C 22. 
Nos. I, 2, and 5 are rubbed stone hatchets. 
No. 4 is a whetstone for hatchets. 
Grindstones and Whetstones. 
According to Professor Nilsson, these whetstones are usually 
made of a quartz sandstone belonging to the old transition sand- 
