SOMNIFERUM，acorns，andanimmensenumberofnutsandapples。

　　Theacornsarethoseofthecommonoak，andtheircupsandouterrindhadbeenremoved，sothattheyhadevidentlybeenpreparedtoserveasfoodfor，man；theapplesweresmallandcoriaceous，resemblingthemoderncrab-apple；theIndianpoppycannothavegrownwithoutcultivation；butthiswasperhapsbutanexampleofthesamespeciesalreadyrecognizedintheLakedwellingsofSwitzerland。Itisdifficulttosaywhetheritwasusedforfoodorwhetheroilwasextractedfromit。

　　WehavealreadyspokenofthediscoveriesmadeinAustriaandHungary。CountWurmbrandhasdescribedthedifficultieswithwhichexplorershadtocontend。Thelakeshaveinmanycasesbecomeinaccessibleswamps，andinothers，thewatershavingbeenartificiallydimmedtoregulatetheiroverflow，thesitesofthepiledwellingsaresofarbelowthelevelofthelakesthatanyexcavationsareimpossible。Longandarduousresearcheshave，however，beenrewardedwithsomesuccess，andthenumerousobjectsrecoveredbearwitness，asinSwitzerland，tothegradualprogressmadebythesuccessivegenerationswhooccupiedthesepiledwellings。

　　Objectsdiscoveredinthepeat-bogsofLaybach。A。Earthenwarevase。B。Fragmentofornamentedpottery。C。Boneneedle。D。Earthenwareweightforfishing-net。E。Fragmentofjawbone。

　　AlakenearLaybachhadbeenconvertedindryingupintoanimmensepeat-bog，nearlythirty-eightmilesincircumference，boundedontherightandleftbyloftymountains。[123]WhenthisbogwasunderwaterithadbeenthesiteofseveralLakeStations。One，forinstance，hasbeenmadeoutoverthreehundredandtwentyyardsfromthebank。Thepiles，whichconsistedofthetrunksofoaks，beeches，andpoplars，varyingfromeighttoteninchesindiameter，wereplacedatregularintervals。Theobjectstakenfromthepeat-bogaresimplyinnumerableFig。50，andincludehundredsofneedlesofdifferentsizes，stilettos，dagger-blades，arrows，andhatchets，withstag-hornhandles。Coarseblackearthenwarevasesareequallynumerousandareofagreatvarietyofform，buttheirornamentation。isofthemostprimitivedescription，andwasdonesometimeswiththenailofthepotter，andsometimeswithapointedbone。LittleearthenwarefiguresFigs。51and52werealsofound，someofwhichweresentfromtheLaybachMuseumtotheFrenchExhibitionof1878。Oneofthemissaidtorepresentawoman，probablyanidol。ThisisoneofthefirstknownexamplesoftherepresentationofthehumanfigurefromaLakedwelling。AtNimlau，nearOlmutz，thedryinglipofalittle。lakebroughttolightaLakeStationsurroundedbythetrunksofoaktreesofalargesize。Theywerepiledup，oneabovetheother，andstronglyboundtogetherwithosiers。Thesetrunkswereevidentlyintendedtofortifythestation。

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