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and fine colour of the harness of the horses, and, when stating 

 how these colours were produced, mentions that they were 

 made by the barbarians living on the shores of the ocean. 



Fig. 392. Griffon's head, ornament belonging to helmet of bronze. Real size. 



This description may very well refer to the people of the 

 North, the great splendour of whose riding gear and chariots 



we see from the finds and sagas. 



on red-hot copper, ami that the designs become hard, like stone, and are durable." 

 Philostratus, Imagines. Chapter on Boar-hunting. 



