and a small bronze hatchet.

Fragments of rude pottery fashioned by the hand were abundant, also
masses of charred wood, supposed to have formed parts of the
platform on which the wooden cabins were built. Of this burnt
timber, on this and other sites, subsequently explored, there was
such an abundance as to lead to the conclusion that many of the
settlements must have perished by fire. Herodotus has recorded that
the Paeonians, above alluded to, preserved their independence
during the Persian invasion, and defied the attacks of Darius by
aid of the peculiar position of their dwellings. "But their
safety," observes Mr. Wylie,* (* W.M. Wylie "Archaeologia" volume
38 1859, a valuable paper on the Swiss and Irish lake-habitations.)
"was probably owing to their living in the middle of the lake,
(Greek) en mese te limne, whereas the ancient Swiss settlers were
compelled by the rapidly increasing depth of the water near the
margins of their lakes to construct their habitations at a short
distance from the shore, within easy bowshot of the land, and
therefore not out of reach of fiery projectiles, against which
thatched roofs and wooden walls could present but a poor defence."
To these circumstances and to accidental fires we are probably
indebted for the frequent preservation, in the mud around the site
of the old settlements, of the most precious tools and works of
art, such as would never have been thrown into the Danish
"kitchen-middens," which have been aptly compared to a modern
dusthole.

Dr. Ferdinand Keller of Zurich has drawn up a series of most
instructive memoirs, illustrated with well-executed plates, of the
treasures in stone, bronze, and bone brought to light in these