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Rh cave-dwellers, not on account of the iron they contained, but for their colour, and perhaps for their rarity. Amongst these pieces one was found of a remarkably oval form, which evidently had been a rolled pebble from the river-bed, and by some chance had got into the fire, for there are a great many melted granules on the surface. Probably in after years it was by some such chance as this that iron was discovered.

Now that I have finished my description of the different specimens which have been worked by the hand of man, I will add, for reference, the following tabular list of the specimens found in the Kesslerloch:

If we compare the objects found here with those from the lake-dwellings of East and Central Switzerland, it must be confessed that in many respects there is great similarity between the two. Flint-flakes, awls, arrow- and lance-heads, needles, and perforated bones are found in both these human settlements. On the other hand, we find at the Kesslerloch no pottery, stone celts, perforated stone implements, fish-hooks, or polishing stones; no spindle-whorls, cloth, worked flints, nor a single implement destined for agriculture. But again, on the other hand, the specimens from the lake-dwellings do not exhibit any drawing or sculpture, or ornamented bone implements, or any