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itself several Christian graves are seen. The viking, like smnr 

 of the chiefs of the North, was probably buried on his est;i ir- 

 on the land that had descended to him through his ancestors 



Fig. 743. Vessel of green glass. 

 real size. Taplow, England. 

 11 inches in heiht. 



Fig. 744. Ornament of silver gilt, 

 showing end of drinking horn. real 

 size. 



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Fig. 745. Silver gilt ornamentation for 

 mouth of drinking horn. ^ real size. 

 The horn itself, found in a mass of small 

 fragments. Taplow, England. 



or which possibly he might have conquered from some of his 

 foes. These antiquities by their form seem to belong to the 

 later iron age. 



