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has been fcjund ; but by this piece it is easy (?) to 

 judge of the size of the whole. The horse was a small 

 one.' ' 



Since Chitiiet's publication appeared, relics of races 

 whose history has never been written, and whose story lias 

 never been told, have been found in various parts of 

 Europe and in our own country ; and among these not 

 unfrequently have appeared horse-shoes of a primitive, 

 peculiar, and somewhat marked form, which plainly indi- 

 cates that they are of high antiquity. The researches of 

 archaeologists, carefully and skilfully conducted, have, in 

 many instances, led us to form an estimate of their age ; 

 but in other cases we are left much in doubt, from their 

 not accompanying any remains which can be traced to 

 any race or epoch, and also from their often occurring 

 with relics which mark no particularly definite period. 



One source from whence these memorials of an age 

 long passed have been derived, has been the graves, crom- 

 lechs, tumuli, barrows, kists, or cairns, as the last resting- 

 places of primitive peoples have been variously named ; 

 and their presence there has been due to the prevalence of 



' Op. Cit. ' Solea ferrea equi regii hie tota repraesentatur, etsi pars 

 ejus tautum reperta sit; sed ex ilia parte totius formam excipere baud 

 dilficile fuit. Modicae magnitudiiiis equus erat, ut jam diximus.' 



Elsewhere he says : ' Parmi les pieces que nous venous de decrire 

 se trouverent aussi le crane, la machoire et les dens du cheval de 

 Childeric avec une partie ditfer iVun pied, qiu taisoit juger que ce cheval 

 etoit a^sez peLit. On voit souvent des chevaux de mediocre taille, qui 

 pour la vigueur, la forme et la gentillesse, passent les plus grands. 

 On y mit apparemment celui que Childeric aimoit le plus. La cou- 

 tume de ces anciens peuples etoit d'enterrer avec leshommes les chevaux 

 et les autres animaux qui etoient a leur usage, et qu'ils aimoient le 

 plus.' — Les Monumens de la Monarchie Fraugolse, p. 235. 



