A butterfly’s wings. 
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have also been dug up pieces of Kimmeridge Shale, which have 
evidently been worked in a lathe ; a jet ring, two or three glass 
rings, lead weights used in fishing, and bones of fox, beaver, 
sheep, pigs, and birds. 
A boat was found by Mr. Bulleid near the site of the village. It 
is about seventeen feet in length, flat bottomed and hollowed out 
of a single piece of timber. It is now in the Museum with the 
other finds, but has suffered greatly from the effect of the dry 
weather, and to prevent its falling to pieces is now banded with 
iron. 
The boat shows the inhabitants to have been industrious 
workers in wood. The prevalence of sheep and pig bones, also 
beans, wheat, and rye, prove that they were farmers. They had 
also some knowledge of working in metals, bronze and iron being 
used for making nails, knives, saws, and other implements, 
examples of which have been found, with the crucibles used for 
melting the metal. In one of the mounds was found what appears 
to be the site and remains of a small furnace, and near it a large 
funnel, made of baked clay, through which molten lead might 
have been poured into moulds. 
The almost total absence of war-like weapons and the nature of 
the finds tend to show that the inhabitants led peaceful and 
industrious lives, and were not so savage and warlike as many of 
our historians potray the Ancient Britons to have been. No 
human remains have been discovered, doubtless they buried their 
dead on the high ground, i.e.on thesurroundinghillsaswas custom¬ 
ary with the lake-dwelling tribes. The result of the excavations 
up to date, show that the village was destroyed by fire, probably 
by an invading tribe. 
The discovery of this Lake Dwelling or crannog adds yet 
another chapter to the historical lore of quaint old Glastonbury. 
A BUTTERFLY’S WINGS. 
By the Rev. Hilderic Friend, f.l.s., Author of “Flowers and 
Flower Lore,” etc. 
CHAPTER I. 
QUITE UNEXPECTED! 
It was eventide. The day now past had been crowded with 
duties. These demanded earnest thought, while they served as a 
fillip to my mental powers. At last the task was accomplished the 
work was over, the duty laid aside. I withdrew, with a feeling of 
intense relief and pleasure, to my snug retreat. Once inside the 
