The Weekly Comet

CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—The Swiss journals give the following details relative to the discoveries recently made in consequence of the extraordinary fall in the Lake of Zurich:—”At about one hundred feet from the right bank of the lake, opposite the village of Mellen, there have been found several rows of piles, formed of trunks of trees. The piles are about a foot apart, with an interval of sixteen feet between the rows. These piles support enormous beams, which form a very large area. Between the piles there have been found the skeletons of animals which are no longer to be seen in Switzerland, but no trace of any domestic animals. On removing the mud, there have been found an immense number of heads of arrows and spears, made of stone carefully cut, and very pointed; poniards, made of flint, with buck-horn handles; a battle-axe of stone, clay vases, evidently formed by the hand without the aid of any instrument, and afterwards baked in an oven; and several other articles in stone and baked clay. A human skull has been also found. These remains, which are considered to have belonged to the ancient Celts, are now under examination by a commission of antiquarians.