22 VOYAGE TO SPITZBEItGEN. 



Among the human bones have been found those 

 of oxen, horses, dogs, and sheep ; as also battle- 

 axes, different kinds of swords, brazen daggers, 

 knives, spoons, cups, curious stones, beads, &c. 

 At one time there was found a thigh bone closely 

 encircled by a ring of gold. Pen. Arct. Zool. vol. i. 

 p. 36. 



In the more early stages of society, this custom 

 of burying weapons, and the rude symbols of wor- 

 ship along with the dead, was perhaps every where 

 practised. The Catacombs of Egypt, and the Tu- 

 muli of Peru, abound with relics of this description. 

 The following verses of Virgil allude to the same 

 ceremony : 



" Some in the flames, * the wheels and bridles throw, 

 The swords and helmets of the vanquish'd foe ; 

 Some the known shields their brethren bore in vain, 

 And unsuccessful jav'lins of the slain." 



Pitt's Virg. lib. 1. xi. 206. 



It has been long since observed, that the two ex- 

 tremes of heat and cold are alike unfavourable to 

 the growth of such animals as may be considered 

 indigenous to the temperate zone. Excessive heat 

 in the one case induces relaxation ; while the con- 



* The funeral piles. 



