subaqueous repositories, and has given an ideal restoration of part
of one of the old villages (see Plate 1 above),* such as he
conceives may have existed on the lakes of Zurich and Bienne. (*
Keller "Pfahlbauten, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich" Bd. 12
and 13 1858-1861. In the fifth number of the "Natural History
Review" January 9, 1862, Mr. Lubbock has published an excellent
account of the works of the Swiss writers on their
lake-habitations.) In this view, however, he has not simply trusted
to his imagination, but has availed himself of a sketch published
by M. Dumont d'Urville, of similar habitations of the Papuans in
New Guinea in the Bay of Dorei. It is also stated by Dr. Keller,
that on the River Limmat, near Zurich, so late as the last century,
there were several fishing-huts constructed on this same plan.* (*
Keller "Pfahlbauten, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich" Bd. 9
page 81 note.) It will be remarked that one of the cabins is
represented as circular. That such was the form of many in
Switzerland is inferred from the shape of pieces of clay which
lined the interior, and which owe their preservation apparently to
their having been hardened by fire when the village was burnt. In
the sketch (Plate 1), some fishing-nets are seen spread out to dry
on the wooden platform. The Swiss archaeologist has found abundant
evidence of fishing-gear, consisting of pieces of cord, hooks, and
stones used as weights. A canoe also is introduced, such as are
occasionally met with. One of these, made of the trunk of a single
tree, fifty feet long and three and a half feet wide, was found
capsized at the bottom of the Lake of Bienne. It appears to have
been laden with stones, such as were used to raise the foundation
of some of the artificial islands.

It is believed that as many as 300 wooden huts were sometimes