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or hollows in the rim or edge, which in general is perpendicular,though sometimes slightly bending ontwards. The dimensionsof tliese large vessels (in spite of the stoutness of their sides,which are not much less than half an inch thick) are notconsiderable, none of them are raore than 16 inches high; bntthis may be readily aceounted for by the inferior quality of thematerial and the slight bairing which they have undergone.
‘ Some of the smaller vessels are more than an inch both inlieight and breadth. These little vessels are made with still lesscare than the larger ones : they are often nothing but a lumpof clay pressed ronnd the finger. Some few have the shape of asaueer or small cup; sometimes they have a handle or a knobfor a cord to pass through, or are ornamented in the mostsimple manner by a line running under the border. Theseminiature vessels are so carelessly and clumsily made that oneis led to imagine that they may have been nothing butehildren’s toys. Similar miniature vessels were found in thelake dwelling of Laibach Moor, and in the prehistoric Settle-ments of Lower Austria .
‘ Amongst the most interesting relics of the lake dwellings ofthe Mond See , and of Upper Austria generally, are the clumsybut richly ornamented jugs or earthenware vessels which havebeen found there. They are made of finer clay, and aresmoothed outside. In colour they are now greyish black, butfrom some few fragments found here it would seem probablethat, owing to some organic admixture, they were originally ofa deep black colour. For the most pari they are provided witha handle, either large or small. The ornamentation is verycharacteristic, and consists of a number of well-defined lines,from to y -2 of an inch wide, hollowed out of the claywhile yet moist; and in most cases the bottom of these lineswas punctured with a pointer, or some similar tool, so as to holdmore firmly the white material with which the lines were filled.Notwithstanding the coarseness of these vessels the white lineson a black ground must have had a Capital effeet. See PlatesOLXXXV. and CLXXXYI.
< As the makers of these vessels were acquainted with bronzeit will not be surprising to find that some of these patternsrecall to mind those which came into Europe together withbronze, as for instance, Plate CLXXXY. figs. 2 and 5, andPlate CLXXXYI. figs. 4 and 7. These are drawn half-size.Sometimes there is a zigzag line running round the wholevessel, Plate CLXXXY. fig. 5. In other cases a double row of