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suspended to the trees, so that there was no more booty for 

 the victors than there was mercy for the conquered." 



One might suppose that Orosius has here described the 

 feast of victory at Nydam or Tkorsbjerg. 



If any proofs were needed to show that the objects were 

 intentionally placed in the water, we have them in the fact 

 that several clay vessels have been sunk by heavy stones being 

 put in them, and that other objects were fastened to the 

 bottom by means of large wooden hooks. Finally, we ought 

 to add, the space within which the antiquities were found 

 was in several places marked off by fence-like wicker hurdles 

 of twigs, or by poles, spears or swords, stuck into the mud. 



The Thorsljerg 1 Bog-jind. The researches in this find cover 

 a period of six years, from 1856 to 1862, and is one of the most 

 remarkable, for here were brought to light objects unknown in 

 other similar finds. From the coins 2 enumerated below, we 



1 Thorsbjerg is situated south of Flens- 

 borg, in Southern Jutland. Among the 

 objects In un d were fragments of swords, 

 all double-edged, the hilts of all, witli 

 one exception, of wood, inlaid with bronze 

 and silver, with scabbards of wood with 

 metal mountings (on the metal bottom - 

 piece, of one scabbard is a very clear 

 runic inscription) ; a sword-belt of thick 

 leather, 41| inches long and 3J inches 

 wide; buckles for sword-belts, all of 

 bronze, with broken pieces of iron buckles; 

 bows and arrows in a more or less com- 

 plete state, the most perfect bow being 

 about 60 inches long, but both ends are 

 somewhat damaged, and the original 

 length scenes to have been a couple of 

 indies more; a great number of arrow- 

 shafts, all of similar shape, between 

 .!."> inches long and | inch thick, but 

 the arrow-points are all destroyed, the 

 iron having rusted; remnants of shields 

 llat and circular, composed of several 

 smoothly-planed and pretty thin wooden 

 boards, which are not equally broad all 

 over, but become narrower towards the 

 border: the largest cross-measure is 

 4'_'i inches, the smallest 21 inches, the 

 thickness of the middle boards, which as 

 arulc are somewhat heavier than the rest, 

 is about to J inch (the shield-buckles 

 are of bronze, but broken pieces of iron 

 ones have been found also; their cross- 

 measure is between 6-7 inches) ; axes, 



whose blades are much decomposed bv 

 ru-.t, with thirty good handles of ash 

 and beechwood, which measured between 

 23 aud 33J inches in length ; a few well- 

 preserved spear-points, and others more 

 or less destroyed by rust ; lour spear- 

 handlfs, :!-J, 98, 107, and 116 inches 

 in length ; several riding and driving 

 accoutrements; more thin sixty fibula; 

 ot many different stvles ; many broken 

 pieces of gold rings, only two of which 

 have been fitted together so as to form 

 one complete ring ; two spiral rings of 

 bronze; a roun I pendant of gold; a 

 hollow ornament of silver-mixed gold ; 

 a mass of beads ; a piece .of unworked 

 amber ; pincers ; dice of amber ; a variety 

 of utensils and tools for domestic use, 

 such as bowls of wood and clay, spoons, 

 jugs, knives, &c. ; two pairs of coarse 

 woollen trousers, &c. ; and several ob- 

 jects, the use of which is unknown. 



2 Thirty-seven Roman coins were found 

 altogether. The earliest is of the year 

 6u A.I). ; the latest, 194 A.D. 1 of Aero, 

 1 of I 'it i ///us, 4 of Vespasianus, 1 of Domi- , 

 tianus, 7 of Trujaii'is, 6 of Hadrianus; 



1 of Aclins, 6 of Antoninus Pius, 1 of 

 Faustina the elder, 3 of Marcus Aurellus, 



2 of Faustina the ywtuger, 3 of Com- 

 moduF, and 1 of S'pti/Mus Sevcrus, the 

 last-named being struck in the year 194 

 of our era. 



