xli CONTENTS. 



Horse's Foot. List and Valuation of Smiths' Tools. Triads. 

 Sons of the Bond. The Smith's Seat at Court. Sir Walter 

 Scott and the ' Norman Horse-shoe.' King Arthur's Stone. 

 Traditions of Hoof-prints. Renaud and the Black Rocks of 

 Ardennes. The Chevalier Mason. Scythe-stone Pits of 

 Devonshire. Strange Imprint. The Seat of a Zoophyte. The 

 Anglo-Saxons. Their Horse-shoes. Equestrian Habits. Monks 

 and Mares. Sporting Priests. Anglo-Saxon Laws. Value of 

 Horses. Saxon Cavalry. Harold and the Danes and Nor- 

 mans. Saxon Weapons. Graves. Fairford, Caenby, 

 Brighton Downs, Gillingham, Berkshire. Battle Flats. 

 Anglo-Saxon Illuminations. Matthew of Paris. Shoeing 

 Front Feet. Frost. Shoeing in Scotland. Norman Invasion. 

 A Noble Saxon Farrier. Bayeux Tapestry. Shoeing with 

 the Normans. Armorial Bearings. Simon St Liz. Earl 

 Ferrers and Okeham. Curious Custom. Death of William 

 the Conqueror. 



CHAPTER VII 298 



Discovery of so-called ' Hipposandals.' Diverse Opinions. 

 Various Models. Prevalence on the Continent and in Eng- 

 land : their Characteristics. Three Types. Different Hypo- 

 theses, Discoveries at Dalheim. Pathological Shoes. Erro- 

 neous Conclusions. Hill of Sacrifices. M. Bieler. Chateau 

 Beauregard, Vieil-Evreux, and Remencourt. M. Defays. 

 Hipposandals on Hoofs. Mule and Ox-sandals. Third Type. 

 English Specimens. Stuttgart. Are they Foot Defences ? 

 Arguments adverse to this Supposition. Quiquerez and Dela- 

 croix. Busandals. Cato the Censor. Liquid Pitch. Shoes 

 or Skids for Wheels. Ancient References. 



CHAPTER VIII ^^^ 



Probable Date of the Invention of Shoeing. Employment of 

 Metals by Early Peoples. The ' Iron Age.' Ancient Iron 

 Mines. Antiquity of Iron Weapons. Value of Legends. 

 Wayland Smith and his Craft. Traditions. Cromlechs. 

 Wayland Smith's Cave. The Armourer and Farrier of the 

 Celts and Gauls. Wayland's Renown. Morte D'Arthur. 

 Smiths^ their Position and Tradiiions. Druid Smiths. St 

 Columbus and Celtic Priests. Smith-craft among the Anglo- 



