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Bronzes, Statuettes, Votive Boats. 75 been reproduced in the engraving. The statuettes, as stated, were found in the hiding-place ; whilst the sockets lay scattered about the ruinous heap. Of these many have been turned, by the peasantry, into hand-mills for grinding corn. Besides figures, swords and other weapons were also discovered mounted on stone blocks, their hilts or fragments still adhering to the lead with which they had been secured ; reference to our illustrations (Figs. 73, 74, and 75) will enable the reader to form a fair idea of the method em- Fig. 75. — Lingot and portion of sword. From Baux. the leral Fig. 74.- ployed and of aspect obtained. Figure J$, to the left, has been lost or de- stroyed ; and is only known from a drawing taken when first recovered in 1878, but numerous exemplars exist of Fig. 74, whose shape is like an elongated, narrow bell. The dots towards the upper end, indicate the cavity in which the fused lead was poured, for securing the handle. The swords, tied into fasciae with narrow strips of red leather, were scattered about in the débris and hiding-places, and over one hundred were in good preservation, except that the hilts were either twisted or broken. We know of no swords, thus mounted, having been brought to Fig. 73. — Pedestal am Sword restored. Height of stone, 40 c. From Crespi, Boll., 1884, Plate III., fig. 3. Sword and Pedestal restored. From Baux.