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children, of the larger race, (See the account of Belv!s Nap by 

 Mr. L. Winterhotham.) * 



In many of these long barrows there are no traces of fire, or 

 cremation ; and most of the animal bones belong to domesticated 

 species ; and signs of cultivation are said to have been observed. 



It may be inferred from the foregoing facts that the date of 

 these mounds is that of the earliest migration of the Arj'an race ; 

 they were the work of Gaels, speaking Gaelic, a race Avho named 

 such of our rivers as, the Severn, Avon, Colne, Cam, &c., and 

 such places as Malvern, &c , and every place beginning with Aber. 



From the large unhewn stones placed in the barrows, it may 

 further be inferred that it is to this same race we owe Abury, 

 Stanton Drew, Treleck, and all the Cromlechs, and unhewn stone 

 works. 



Not far from the large stones at Treleck there is an earth- 

 mound, like that at Abury, but not nearly so large. 



In the Nymphsfield long barrow the skulls and long bones show 

 no signs of cremation ; but some small oblong cists were found 

 containing burnt human bones. One of the skulls from this 

 barrow was forwarded to Mr. Owen, at that time curator of 

 Hunter's Museum ; in return he stated that it was a fine specimen 

 of a skull of the Caucasian variety of man. No metals have been 

 found in the above described burial places. 



Inhumation being the primeval and most natural way of 

 disposing of the dead, few traces of cremation would be found in 

 these earlier mounds, though the Aryan races soon began to 

 practise it. Vitrified and calcareous forts may be attributed to 

 this race. 



The next race constructed round stone, and large earthen 

 tumuli, possessed metals, and generally adopted cremation. The 



• Belu's Knapp (as the correct spelling is) is a Qaelic name, and therefore a 

 Btrong proof that the Gaels constructed the long-chambered barrows. (See 

 M'Alpine^s Gaelic Dictionary, published by Maclachlan, Edinburgh, 1866.) 



