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Wangen, (Lake of Constance), and Concise, (Lake of Neuf- 
cliatel). With a few exceptions they were surprisingly small, 
especially when compared with the magnificent specimens 
from Denmark ; in length they varied from six inches down 
even as low as one, while the cutting edge had generally a 
width of from 15 to 20 lines. Flint was sometimes used, 
and nephrite, or jade, in a few cases, but serpentine was the 
principal material. Most of the larger settlements were 
evidently manufacturing places, and many spoilt pieces and 
half finished specimens have been found. 
The knives may be considered as of two sorts. Some 
differ from the axes, principally in having their width greater 
than their length. In other cases they were made of flint 
flakes. In this manner also were obtained the saws, which 
in addition had their edges somewhat rudely dentated ; they 
were fixed into handles of wood by some sort of cement ; but 
we do not find in Switzerland any of the semilunar saws, 
which are frequent in Denmark. 
The arrow-heads were made of flint, or in some cases 
of rock crystal, and were, as in Ireland, of three principal 
sorts, between which, however, there were a great many 
varieties. There are also found rounded stones, pierced 
with one, or sometimes with two holes. The use of these 
is uncertain, but they may perhaps have been used to sink 
fishing lines. 
""Waste not, want not," is a proverb which the Lake- 
dwellers thoroughly appreciated. Having caught any wild 
animal, except the hare, they ate the flesh, used the skin for 
clothing, picked every fragment of marrow out of the bones, 
and then in many cases, fashioned the bones themselves into 
weapons. The larger and more compact ones served as ham- 
mers, and, as well as horns of the deer, were used for the 
handles of hatchets. In some cases pieces of bone were 
worked to a sharp edge, but they can only have been used to 
