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HAROLD’S DISCUSSIONS. 
lake-dwellers of Switzerland, etc. They lived in 
houses built on piles away from the shore and reached 
by a walk on piers. The inhabitants of the Bronze age 
cultivated several kinds of grains and fruits and made 
a coarsely plaited cloth. This age continued to his¬ 
toric times, and in secluded regions of the world some 
of its representatives are still found. The Bronze 
age was followed by the age of iron, which still con¬ 
tinues, unless we may say it has become the age of 
steel. 
