[48] See Dr. F. Keller’s _The Lake Dwellers in Switzerland_ (translated, London, 1878, by John Edward Lee), vol. ii. pl. 136, fig. 2. This net of cord with meshes not quite three-eighths of an inch in width was almost certainly made, it was certainly well suited, for fishing. Another example with meshes two inches wide, probably formed part of a hunting net. R. Munro, _The Lake Dwellings of Europe_ (London, 1890), p. 504, mentions fishing-nets from Robenhausen and Vinetz—both belonging to the late Neolithic Age. O. Schrader, _Reallexikon der indogermanischen Altertumskunde_ (Strassburg, 1901), p. 242, records “remains of nets” in the Stone Age settlements of Denmark and Sweden, which he classes as fishing nets. [49] _Les Origines de la Pêche et de la Navigation_, Paris. [50] An excellent monograph, with hundreds of illustrations, by E. Krause (“Vorgeschichtliche Fischereigeräte und Neuere Vergleichsstüche”) contained in the magazine, _Zeitschrift für Fischerei_, xi. Band ¾ Heft (Berlin, 1904), p. 208, states that hooks of the Stone Age are numerous, but unfortunately he does not discriminate between the Old and New Stone Ages. Palæolithic finds mention but once in his 176 pages. [51] _Types de la Madelaine_, p. 222, fig. 78. [52] H. J. Osborne, _The Men of the Stone Age_ (1915), p. 465. [53] _Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ_ (London, 1875), ii. p. 58. Christy’s solitary buttress for his opinion is a reference to “a Nootka Sound fishing implement,” which is identical (according to Rau, fig. 9) with a hook described in Mr. J. G. Swan’s _The Indians of Cape Flattery_, as used by the Makahs solely (and successfully) for the halibut, because “its mouth is vertical, instead of horizontal, like most fish.” The absence of halibut from _débris_ or representations scarcely strengthens Christy’s opinion. [54] _L’Anthropologie_, tome xix. pp. 184-190, especially p. 187, where the author attempts _une reconstitution hypothétique de la façon, dont cette interprétation admise, on pourrait conçevoir la fixation de ces “hameçons.”_ The inverted commas do not suggest confidence. [55] If both the ends of the gorge were as much bent up as a hook, the tendency would be for the gorge, when its points got fast, to be rotated by the pull on the line and to assume, owing to greater curvature, a bent-back position, which would allow of its easy withdrawal and defeat the object—the capture of the fish. Some Santa Cruz gorges are of an angular type, but with the points turned somewhat down. The double hook of bronze or copper, _e.g._ of Ancient Peru, seems to support my suggestion of gorge evolution, although, fair to add, it was suspended from the centre.