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Rh a small bronze bracelet, consisting of a simple ring of metal.

Another tumulus on the same farm contained four wooden coffins, in which were bodies clothed in woollen garments, a bronze sword in a wooden sheath ornamented with carvings, two bronze daggers, a wooden bowl ornamented by a large number of tin nails, a vase of wood, and a small box of bark.

In another instance, near Aarhuus, the dress of a woman was discovered under similar circumstances. Over her head were two shawls, one rather fine, the other coarser. She wore a cloak with sleeves, and a long shirt tied round the waist by woollen cords. She also had been buried with a bronze dagger.

There can, therefore, be no doubt that these very interesting tumuli date from the Bronze Age, and I am inclined to place them somewhat late in that period, partly on account of the knife and razor-knife, both of which belong to forms which there are, as already mentioned, other reasons for referring to the close of the Bronze Age, and to the beginning of that of Iron. Bronze brooches are also very rarely found in the Bronze Age, and are common in that of Iron. The sword, again, belongs to a form which is regarded by Professor Nilsson as being of late introduction.

The ancient Egyptians and Assyrians were both acquainted with the art of embroidery at a very early date. Leviticus (about 1500 B.C.) mentions garments of linen