[Footnote 336: The slaves of the Scythian kings were strangled (Herodotus, iv. 71 and 72).] [Footnote 337: "Si quis, hominem diabolo sacrificaverit et in hostiam more paganorum dæmonibus obtulerit, morte moriatur."--Balusius, _Capt. Reg. Franc._ i. 253.] [Footnote 338: The wood-blocks of these and other illustrations of Dr. Thurnam's paper were lent to Sir John Lubbock, and used by him in his 'Prehistoric Times,' Nos. 146-156, where they will be more accessible to many than in the 'Archæologia.'] [Footnote 339: An argument for secondary interments has been attempted to be founded (Lubbock, 'Prehistoric Times,' p. 156) on an edict of Charlemagne, in which he says:--"Jubemus ut corpora Christianorum Saxonum ad cœmeteria ecclesiæ deferantur et non _ad_ tumulos paganorum (Balusius, 'Cap. Reg. Franc.' i. p. 154). If the expression had been "_in_ tumulos," there might have been something in it; but a fair inference from the edict seems to me to be that even in Charlemagne's time converted Saxons insisted on being buried--probably in tumuli--near where the tombs of their fathers were, and probably with pagan rites, in spite of their nominal conversion.] [Footnote 340: 'Archæologia,' xlii. p. 195.] [Footnote 341: Nothing would surprise me less than the discovery of an interment in the upper part of the barrow at West Kennet, between the roof of the chamber and the dolmen. Many indications in the West Country long barrows lead us to expect that such might be the case, but it by no means follows that it would be secondary. On the contrary, it would probably be, if not the first, at least the chief burial in the mound.] [Footnote 342: I have tried hard to follow Worsaae's argument in respect to this point ('Zur Alterthumskunde des Nordens,' 1847), but without success. As he is personally familiar with the country and its monuments, he may be perfectly correct in what he states, but as there are neither maps nor illustrations to this part of the work, it is almost impossible for a stranger to judge; and as, like all Danes, he is a devout believer in the three-age system, it is difficult to know how far this may or may not influence his view.] [Footnote 343: 'Prehistoric Times,' p. 107.] [Footnote 344: 'One Year in Sweden,' ii. p. 183.] [Footnote 345: Engelhardt, 'Catalogue illus.' p. 33. Suhm makes it 991, but this seems more probably to have been the date of the death of his son Harald Blaatand.] [Footnote 346: 'Annalen for Nordk. Oldk.' xii. p. 13.] [Footnote 347: 'Hist. danica,' x. p. 167.] [Footnote 348: 'Guide ill.' p. 33.] [Footnote 349: 'Primæval Ant. Denmark,' p. 104.] [Footnote 350: Engelhardt, 'Cat. ill. du Musée,' p. 33.]