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in the same place, 

 along with Prankish re- 

 mains, though neither 

 of them differ from 

 those described by M. 

 Quiquerez. All these 

 specimens are now in 

 the Royal Museum of 

 Antiquities, Arms, and 

 Artillery, at Brussels, 

 to the obliging curator 

 of which I am indebted for information relative to them. 



In Germany, we find the same traces of antique shoes 

 as are discovered in France, Switzerland, and Belgium. 

 The Germans, like the Celts, represent one of the most 

 remarkable races of early times ; and though their history 

 does not extend so far back as that of the CeltcE, yet the 

 ancient writers made very little distinction between them, 

 and when they first encountered them found they were 

 also in possession of iron. The Cimbri or Germans, 

 then, wore mail armour, had polished white shields, two- 

 edged javelins, and large iron swords. They were also 

 to some extent a horse-loving people ; and when they 

 fought with Marius they numbered 15,000 cavalry mag- 

 nificently mounted. Each had a fine lofty helmet, and 

 bore upon it the head of some savage beast, with its 

 mouth gaping wide ; an iron cuirass covered his body, 

 and he carried a long lance or halberd in his hand. The 

 Teucteri, a tribe on the banks of the Rhine, were famous 

 for the discipline of their cavalry. Their ancestors, in the 



