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generally were found in barrows containing burned human remains, p. 16- 

 17. 



Ireland. — Cup and ring-cuttings found in Ireland; they are often asso- 

 ciated with other devices, such as stars, rosettes, crosses, triangles, zigzags, 

 etc.; "the Hag's Chair" at Lough Crew, near Oldcastle; incised stones in 

 the cairn at Lough Crew, and in the cairns of New Grange and Dowth, 

 near Drogheda; progressive development shown in Irish sculpture, p. 17-18. 



France. — Sculptures on dolmen-stones in Brittany, exhibiting an ad- 

 vanced stage of primitive art; incised chamber-stones in the tumulus of 

 Gavr' Inis; cup-cuttings in Brittany, p. 18-19. — Cupped stones in Southern 

 France; "Le Cailhaou des Pourics," near Luchon (Pyrenees) ; in the valley 

 of the Rhone; "La Boule de Gargantua" in the Department of the Ain; 

 cupped rock in situ in the Lozere Department, p. 1 9-20. 



Switzerland. — Frequency of cupped boulders in Switzerland; cupped 

 rock near Mont-la- Ville, Canton of Vaud; Dr. Ferdinand Keller's memoir 

 on Swiss cup-stones; cupped boulders in the neighborhood of Bienne and 

 Ziirich; only one case of ring-cuttings thus far known in Switzerland; small 

 cup-stones found near lacustrine stations in the Lake of Neuch3,tel ; Dr. Kel- 

 ler's views regarding these stones, p. 21-22. 



Germany and Austria. — Cup-stones not yet discovered in Southern Ger- 

 many, but doubtless will be found; cup-stone near Eckernfurde (Scliles- 

 wig) ; Miss J. Mestorf's enumeration of cup-stones thus far noticed in the 

 duchies of Schleswig and Holstein ; combination of cups with wheel-shaped 

 fio-ures and rings (note) ; cup-stone with runic characters on one side, p. 22- 

 24. — Cup-cuttings on megalithic monuments in the Island of Riigen ; on 

 rocks in different parts of Silesia; the "Bischofs-Stein" in Brandenburg, 

 Prussia; Mr. Friedel on cup-marks on churches in Germany and Sweden; 

 cup-stone near Ober-Farrenstiidt in Prussian Saxony; the "Riesenstein" 

 near Meissen, Saxony; Dr. M. Much on cup-stones in Austria, p. 24-25. 



Denmark. — Dr. H. Petersen's article on primitive lapidarian sculptui-es 

 in Denmark, called Hclleristninf/er in that country; cup-cuttings found in 

 most of the Danish islands and in Jutland, on erratic blocks as well as on 

 stones of megalithic structures; these sculptures referable in many cases to 

 the stone age, in others to the bronze period; cup-stones with later runic 



