Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . e-ments, as a general rule, are smaller thanthose used by the cave men. This istrue of the arrowheads, the spearpoints,and the axes. The material employedin the manufacture of these tools andweapons was, for the most part, flint,but in some cases rock crystal. It hasbeen noted that spindle-whirls of earth-enware coexist in the same layer withthe rough stone implements. Other ev-idences of spinning and weaving have
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . e-ments, as a general rule, are smaller thanthose used by the cave men. This istrue of the arrowheads, the spearpoints,and the axes. The material employedin the manufacture of these tools andweapons was, for the most part, flint,but in some cases rock crystal. It hasbeen noted that spindle-whirls of earth-enware coexist in the same layer withthe rough stone implements. Other ev-idences of spinning and weaving havebeen discovered in the same situation,and to this should be added the presenceof stone mortars and balls for crushingcorn. Sir John Lubbock has recapitu-lated the articles found under a lakevillage in the peat measure of Wauwylas follows: Stone axes, forty-three; flintarrowheads, thirty-six; flakes, two hun-dred ; corn crushers, sixteen ; hammers,twenty; whetstones, twenty-six; sling-stones, eighty-five; making a total offour hundred and twenty-six articles ofstone recovered from a single bed. PRIMEVAL MAN.—LAKE DWELLERS OF SWITZERLAND. 315 ings of interchange and In examining these relics we areagain impressed with the fact that rudecommercial relations, at least the begin-nings of traffic, existed in the age ofSigns in the find- which we speak. Manyof the implements foundaround the Swiss lakeswere brought, at least as to their mate-rial, from distant localities. Many ofthe flint implements are known to havebeen taken from thequarries of France!Some are found thatwere imported from theshores of the Mediter-ranean. It is impossi-ble to tell, however,whether these weaponsand utensils were carriedby trade or by the mi-gration of tribes to themountain lakes of Swit-zerland. By examination of the stone hatchet withanimal remains foundunder the lake dwell-ings, the inquirer discovers again the re-lations which the primitive people hereheld to the lower orders of life. A
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