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Chap. XIII. pellmell, and over these a thick layer of earth and gravel. Detached heads are found sometimes in the cists, sometimes outside

210. Cairns at Jewurgi. By Colonel Meadows Taylor.

among the pottery, which led Colonel Taylor to the conclusion that human sacrifices had been practised at the time these cairns

211. Section of Cairn at Jewurgi.

were raised, and that these are the remains of the wives or slaves of the defunct. It may be so, but it may also be that, as in Europe,

212. Section of Cairn at Jewurgi.