m 
by the violence of the winds blowing 
away the sands which covered the bodies 
twenty feet below the surface of the 
earth. 
Near these are a great many graves, 
discovered only by a few short upright 
stones set in the level sand. 
Among the human bones have been 
found those of oxen, horses, dogs, and 
sheep; as also battle-axes, different kinds 
of swords, brazen daggers, knives, spoons, 
cups, curious stones, beads, &c. At one 
time there was found a thigh bone closely 
encircled by a ring of gold. Fen. ArcL 
Zool. vol. i. p. 36. 
In the more early stages of society* 
this custom of burying weapons, and the 
rude symbols of worship along with the 
dead, was perhaps every where practised. 
The Catacombs of Egypt, and the Tumuli 
of Peru, abound with relics of this de¬ 
scription. The following verses of Vir¬ 
gil allude to the same ceremony. 
