The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-06 00:00:00

).E1? IN TILE

OF WIGHT•


wards, inwards, and slightly ba ckwWeds, and
think that the wound was caused byr the knife now
produced. It was sufficient to cause di lath. He
died from hemorrhage, the knife having - penetrated
to a large vein at the bottom of the he, xrt, which
occasioned a large flow of blood, admit tel 1 air to the
heart, and caused instant death. He rttight have
been stabbed -whilst he was standing or lying, from
the direction of the wound. I could discover no
other injuries on the be:lY.
After some further eviu.:ncet
,:n1 the jul.ryn,
returned
Wada e
The Coroner summed up,
a verdict of wilful murder again:t

THE SINGULAR DISCOVERIES IN THE
Blt IS LAKES.

The peasants who dwell on the shores of the hakes
of Swii z,:Arland ILIA often stated that, at a short dis-
tance from the land, rows of stakes might be S 6 en
through the ,Water, emerging from the mud of the
bed. No interest Was, however, attracted on this
phenomenon till at eight years since. At the end_
of 1863, the waters
of ihe Lake of Zurich sank con-
siderably, and the thi-ifty proprietors of land on the
bank proceeded at once to add to their estates the
portion of the lake-bed let; bare, by constructing
permanent dykes against ,+liC return of the water.
Whilst these works were be: n 1 carried on, a row,
or rather a system, of stakes w:as discovered at some
little depth below the surface. Exeuvations were
begun at this spot, and the result ,was L'o disinter
fl
great variety of objects which prow °d ttl'at a large
number of human beings had once had their dwell-
ings supported over the water by the staNes. Curio-
sity having been once. aroused, researches were pro-
secuted not only by Obemeilen, where the first dis-
covery was made, but all over Switzerland. It was
gradually established that the mud near the shore of
almost every single Swiss lake supplied simil evi"
dence. At some primeval period a population of Very
considerable density was shown to have lived in h.nts
constructed on stages which rested on wooden Buil-
ports driven into the bed, just as the Ma
be lays
orneo and the Siamese at Bangkok may seen
B living in this day. A wonderful number of articles
pertaining to the daily life of these forgotten races
have been brought to light. In some places, the
materials of the dwellings have been preserved
in
the mud—the floor of hardened earth and the
twisted branches and bark which formed the wtiall,
Arms have been discovered in great quanties,'
tools from saws in flint to needles in bone, orna-
ments, children's toys, the remains of stored-uP
fruits of, various kinds nay, even a cellar or
receptacle full of corn, and a loaf of bread com-
posed of bruiSed grain, and preserved by carbonisa
tion. By the side of these relics are found the bones
of the animals whom they slew in the chase, mall
belonging to species extinct before the rise of
his-
belonging
or barely mentioned in it. The urns, the bird
the elk, and the beaver, furnished them with PO
and with the materials for some of their molt;
geniously constructed utensils. So plentifu i
an"
perfect are the remains found in the lakes that incell
more has been learned concerning the daily life
ectea
an,
manners of men whose existence was not susp
ten years ago, than,is known of races which have
left a famous name in history or tradition.--Satin'
day _Review.