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CHAPTER Vr. 



BRITAIN, ITS EARLY POPULATION. THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 

 EaUESTRIANS. C^SAr's INVASION. GREAT NUMBERS OF HORSES. 

 WORKING IN IRON. CHARIOTS. RARITY OF ANCIENT HORSE-SHOES. 

 BRITISH BARROWS. SILBURY HILL AND ITS ANTIQUITIES. THE 

 GREAT KING. OLD HORSE-SHOES. CLARk's SPECIMENS. BECK- 

 HAMPTON RELICS. SPRINGHEAD AND ITS REMAINS. YORK SPECI- 

 MENS. COLNEY, LONDON, AND GLOUCESTER. EXCELLENT ILLUS- 

 TRATIONS. COTSWOLD HILLS. ROMAN VILLA AT CHEDWORTH. 

 CIRENCESTER. PEVENSEY CASTLE. HOD HILL AND ITS STORY, 

 SPURS. HOOF-PICK. URICONIUM AND CONDERUM. LIVERPOOL 

 EXAMPLES. REPULSE OF THE BRITONS. LAWS OF HOWEL THE 

 GOOD. DIVISION OF WALES. TRINAL SYSTEM. WELSH KINg's 

 COURT. THE JUDGE OF THE COURT AND GROOM OF THE REIN. 

 DUTIES, PRIVILEGES, AND PROTECTION OF THE SMITH. THE 

 THREE ARTS. VALUE OF THE HORSe's FOOT. LIST AND VALUA- 

 TION 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. EftlTESTRIAN HABITS. MONKS 

 AND MARES. SPORTING PRIESTS. ANGLO-SAXON LAWS. VALUE 

 OF HORSES. SAXON CAVALRY. HAROLD AND THE DANES AND 

 NORMANS. 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 INVA- 

 SION. A NOBLE SAXON FARRIER. BAYEUX TAPESTRY. SHOEING 



