98 MODELS OF IMPLEMENTS SOMETIMES BURIED. 



Thus, then, there seems to have been no intention of de- 

 positing with each corpse a complete set of implements. 

 The barrow on Cronkstone Hill, for instance, contained the 

 skeleton of a man, with whom had been buried the burnt bones 

 of some one, probably a slave, or perhaps a wife, who had been 

 sacrificed at his grave, and yet the only implement found 

 with him was a "circular instrument," probably a flint 

 scraper, or a slingstone. Again, the mound known as " Cow 

 Low" contained only a bone pin. The affectionate relatives 

 who heaped up this tumulus would certainly not have sent 

 their dead sister into the new world with nothing but a bone 

 pin, if they had thought that the things they buried with 

 her could be of any use. Even the great tumulus at Arbor 

 Low contained only a bone pin, a piece of iron pyrites, a 

 kidney shaped instrument of flint, and two vases. It would 

 be easy to multiply illustrations, and it is, I think, suffi- 

 ciently evident that the articles found in the graves cannot 

 seriously be considered as affording any evidence of a definite 

 belief in a future state of existence, or as having been in- 

 tended for the use of the dead in the new world to which 

 they were going. Moreover, there is a well-marked spe- 

 ciality in each case, which seems to show that these rude 

 implements, far from being the result of a national belief, 

 are simply the touching evidences of individual affection. 



In some few cases, again, small models of weapons have 

 been found, in lieu of the weapons themselves. In modern 

 Esquimaux graves small models of kajaks, spears, etc., are 

 sometimes buried, and a similar fact has been observed in 

 Egyptian tombs. Mr. Franks informs me that much of 

 the jewellery found in Etruscan tombs is so thin that it 

 can scarcely have been intended for wear during life. 



We must always bear in mind that the ancient tumuli 

 do not all belong to one period, nor to one race of men. 

 Excepting, perhaps, the Aurignac Cave (which will be 



