In my opinion, the character and finish of the relics furnish no grounds for supposing that this habitation was prior to the early Swiss lake-dwellings; nor are we warranted, from such limited explorations as could be made in the streets of a town, to exclude the more probable idea that this was an ordinary palafitte, notwithstanding that piles were not observed. FOOTNOTES: [1] _Corr.-Blatt_, p. 14, 1884. _Antiqua_, 1883, i. pp. 31, 55; and ii. pp. 47, 54. B. 336 and 462. [2] _Antiqua_, 1883, p. 61. [3] _Matériaux_, vol. xvi. p. 257. [4] Dr. Gross in _Corresp.--Blatt_, 1882, p. 99. [5] _Antiqua_, 1884, pp. 42 and 85. [6] _Antiqua_, 1884, p. 59. [7] _Antiqua_, 1885, p. 165. [8] _Bul. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat._, vol. xi. [9] In 1861 Mr. Troyon carried on researches, under the superintendence of qualified persons, to prevent falsifications, which were frequently indulged in by the railway workers. And as the result, he enumerates the genuine objects collected as follows:-- A complete hatchet with a wooden handle, horn-holder, and serpentine axe; various horn handles, some bifurcated, still retaining their axes and chisels; a portion of wood pointed, fixed in a hatchet handle instead of the stone. 2 pointers of wood with horn handles. 6 hammers of staghorn, with remnants of their wooden handles. 8 bone arrow-points, with remains of _mastic_. 40 handles of horn for chisels, minus the tools. 200 axe-holders. 20 horn tynes used as chisels. 121 pointers of bone, from one to four inches in length. 46 chisels of bone. 4 boars' tusks, sharpened in form of a knife-blade. Some bone pins and various ornaments. 145 hatchets and chisels of stone. 20 flint arrow-points and scrapers. 12 circular stones perforated; some rubbers and polishers. Many bones of animals; but no trace of metal. (B. 39_a_.) [10] _Corr.-Blatt_, 1881. [11] "Recherches sur les Antiquités d'Yverdon," _Mitt. der Antiq. Gesel._, Zürich, vol. xiv. [12] _Anzeiger_, 1871, p. 280. [13] _Ibid._, 1878, p. 803. [14] _Antiqua_, 1885, p. 162. [15] _Antiqua_, 1885, p. 97; and 1887, pp. 35, 51. [16] _Zeitschrift für Ethn._, vol. xvi., _Verhand._, p. 84; _Antiqua_, 1884, p. 167. [17] _Antiqua_, 1886, pp. 12 and 21. [18] _Anzeiger_, 1858, p. 57; "Supplément au Recueil d'Antiquités Suisses, 1860." [19] The catastrophe which befell Zug in the summer of 1887, by which a portion of the town slipped into the lake, has completely carried away the site of this lake-dwelling station. [20] This mould is in two parts, and it is remarkable as having been found at different times. The first half was found by Mr. F. A. Forel on the 25th of February, 1855, and the second by his son, Dr. Forel, on the 18th of October, 1859. (B. 31, p. 111.) Second Lecture. SETTLEMENTS IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND, THE DANUBIAN VALLEY, AND CARNIOLA.