FELDBACH and STECKBORN.--A station called "Pfahlbau Turgi," near Feldbach, has been long known, and several prehistoric objects have been found on it from time to time. The water being low in 1882, the Historical Society of Thurgau undertook some systematic explorations. From various indications it was inferred that this station was not among those destroyed by fire. The antiquities collected belonged to the pure Stone Age, among which are:--Stone celts, bone and horn objects, specimens of barley and wheat, cloth made of bast, and fragments of basket-work. From the observations of Mr. Schenk, it would appear that this pile-dwelling had been protected from the waves by a kind of wooden bulwark. (B. 383a.) [Illustration: =Fig. 28.=--UNTERSEE (1, 4 to 7, 13, 16, 18, and 19), MINDLISEE (2, 3, 11, 12, 14, and 15), and BUSSENSEE. Nos. 10 and 12 = ¼, and the rest = ½ real size.] Near Steckborn there was another small station, known as "Der Pfahlbau Schanz," on which some interesting objects--as dishes, harpoons, etc.--were found. In 1885 it was again searched by Messikommer (B. 434b, p. 33), and among the objects then collected were stone celts (=Fig. 28=, No. 13), harpoons of horn (No. 19), a flax-heckler, and an implement called a whistle (No. 18) made of the short foot-bone of a cow. According to Messikommer, this settlement had been twice destroyed by fire and the usual carbonised materials--as cloth, grain, charcoal, etc.--were abundantly found. (B. 462.) BERLINGEN.--In the bay above this town are piles, but not readily discernible, and stone celts have been found all along the shore. ERMATINGEN.--This settlement occupied the bay below the village, and its site is particularly rich in flint implements and the refuse of their manufacture. Stone celts are also abundant, and among them are a few of nephrite. Some fragments of pottery showing a net-like ornamentation on their inside are noted from this locality. The station appears to have been voluntarily abandoned, as there are no carbonised materials among its _débris_. (B. 40 and 462.)