THE GRAVES OF GJUSELFIXGEN. 



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by the supposition that they may be intended as a sign 

 of the former occupation of the deceased — as, for ex- 

 ample, that of a smith. The Royal Museum contains 

 several such single horse-shoes, discovered in graves, all 

 of diiferent kinds, and from different places. These objects 

 buried in the tomb seem rather to bear some relation to 

 symbols of old heathen superstitions — such as the practice 

 of nailing a horse-shoe on the trireshold of the door, which 

 yet lingers in some places. Certainly the subject requires 

 further investigation and explanation.' The very old grave- 

 mounds of Gauselfingen yielded many primitive curiosities, 

 such as celts, arm and finger-rings, glass beads, &c., ot 

 the Celtic or early German people. 'The third grave- 

 mound contained two horse-shoes (figs. 58, 59), an iron 



fig- 58 fig- 59 



arrow-head, a fine iron dagger, the handle of which was 

 much damaged. Beside these lay the remains of a 

 leathern girdle, ornamented with metal knobs.' 



In the Grand-Duchy of Luxemberg, there are re- 

 mains of what is known to arch^ologists as the Roman 

 camp of Dalheim, which for many centuries have con- 

 sisted in nothing more than substructures, though 



everything connected with them demonstrates that they 



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