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Excerpt from The Lake-Dwellings of Europe: Being the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology for 1888 In these circumstances I resolved to proceed de now, and to construct my story of the lake-dwellings from whatever trustworthy sources I could lay my hands on. In order to carry out this intention my wife and I per ambulated the whole of Central Europe with note and sketch books in hand, visiting, as far as practicable, the sites of lake-dwellings, and searching museums and libraries wherever we thought their relics or records were to be found. The eastern limit of the region thus visited may be represented by a line drawn from Konigsberg to 'l'rieste, passing through the intermediate towns of Krakow, Buda Pesth, and Agram. The materials brought together from within this area are, to a very considerable extent, absolutely new to British archaeologists. Of course, in a work which aims at put ting into the hands of general readers an epitome of the essential facts and results of lacustrine researches since these singular remains were discovered in Europe, I had to take cognisance of some investigations that have already been fully recorded and illustrated. As it was impossible to illustrate typical groups of objects from all the lacustrine stations, I have, as a rule, in selecting the illustrations for this work, avoided those that have already come within the reach of English readers through the translation of Keller's works, except when they be longed to stations that are the best or only representa tives of their kind in their respective localities - as, for example, the Rosen 111801 in the Lake of Starnberg. Acting on this principle, I have given very few illustra tions of objects from Nidau, Moosseedorf, St. Aubin, \vauwyl; nor, for the same reason, is a prominent place given to the earlier discoveries at Robenhausen, Estavayer, Concise, Cortaillod, etc. In this way I have endeavoured to combine in the work now issued as much novelty as possible, without detracting from its general and com prehensive scope. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.