felled, and the branches have been dressed off, the upper surface of 
the prostrate tree is coated with wet mud; the natives then set 
fire to and smoulder out the interior of the trunk, which they pare 
out and finish with their rudely constructed hatchets. 
The visitor’s attention is particularly directed to the textile 
materials from Robenhausen, see Nos. 45 to 48 ; to the specimens 
of cultivated and wild apple, Nos. 32 and 34; to the examples of 
grain and bread. Nos. 28 to 31 ; and to the rough chippings of 
flint, Nos. 7 to 12, which tend to show that these lake-dwellers 
traded, for flint is unknown in Switzerland as a natural product. 
The specimens exhibited probably came from the South of France, 
and were obtained in barter. Flint is not the only substance which 
the Swiss lake-dwellers must have thus procured; jade in wedges 
or wrought into hatchets has been found in several of the settle¬ 
ments ; this certainly is not a native product, and some mineralo¬ 
gists would fain derive it from the East. Amber also occurs, 
which probably was imported from the shores of the Baltic. 
CASE S. 
All presented hy the Hon. and Ven. Archdeacon Harris. 
1 and 2. Pieces of worked stag’s horn (cervus elaphus), No. 2 
(plate 5, fig. 1) has been used for mounting a stone hatchet at 
one end (such as No. 3) ; the other end was probably inserted 
in a wooden handle. For another method of mounting in 
stag’s horn, see fig. 31 on diagram, and plate 5, fig. 2, 3, 4, and 
plate 6, fig. 1,2. 
3 to 6. Stone hatchets. 
7 to 12. Rough flint flakes. Flint does not occur in Switzerland 
as a natural product: these were probably obtained in barter, 
and would be worked into arrow points, skin scrapers, &c., on 
the spot, as occasion required. 
13. Flint implement. This specimen is not merely flaked; it 
shows much subsequent chipping. 
14 and 15. Bone implements, said to have been used as augers, 
(plate 6, fig. 3) is made from ulna of Bos (young). 
16. Bone implement, said to have been used as a needle (plate 6, 
fig. 6) made from metatarsal bone of red deer. 
17 to 19. Bone chisels (plate 6, fig. 7, 8, 9). 
20. Bone needle. 
20 a. Modern example of a bone needle, used by the natives of 
Newfoundland, for making snow shoes (13th Dec., 1826), de¬ 
posited by Mr. E. T. Stevens. Among the aborigines of Aus¬ 
tralia, the only needle employed is the claw of the kangaroo, 
and the sinews of the tail of the same animal are used for 
thread. 
