In the course of forming a vineyard in the neighborhood of Wasserbillig, near Trier, numerous graves were laid bare, in some of which urns were found with the remains of cremated bodies; in others, skeletons. In the former case the cinerary urns (_vide_ _Sanitary Record_) were surrounded by chalkstone slabs; one of the skeletons was contained in a sarcophagus composed of fourteen roof-tiles. Nine of them had the stamps of the manufacturer, the same names being given as those of the manufacturers who furnished material for the erection of the Roman church which forms the basis of the cathedral of Trier, and for the Roman thermal baths at St. Barbara. Judging from these circumstances, it is assumed that the tombs date from the middle of the third century. In one of the graves a small urn with the representation of a face was found. In Trier itself, a large glass urn, with cover and handles, was recently unearthed. It is a relic of the Romans. When opened it was found to contain bones. Beside this urn five vases of baked clay and several ornamented lamps were found. The ancient Swiss were in the habit of cremating their defunct, till the year 56 before Christ. Julius Caesar reports that the Gauls burned their dead with sumptuousness. Several ancient glass urns, containing calcined bones, were recently found between two round stones, in the vicinity of Chatenet, France. The Slavonians observed incineration from the earliest times to the end of the fifteenth century. When one of their kings died, everything he might need on awakening in paradise was placed with him on the pyre. Beside intoxicating drinks, weapons, horses, falcons, male and female servants, and his wives, his entire household—comprising the minister of state, secretary, mate at drinking, and physician—was cremated with him. The Slavonian woman was invariably burned with the corpse of her husband; but not _vice versa_, the husband with the remains of his wife. When a bachelor died, single women were substituted for spouses. The chronicles that have descended to us from the monks affirm that these women longed for such a death, because they hoped to secure eternal blessedness thereby. Large mounds, called Kurgani, were erected over the ashes of the cremated. These mounds may be seen to-day in the boundless steppes of Russia, where they afford a rest for the eyes from the monotonous scenery. Eckehardt relates that, when Germany was invaded by the Hungarians in 925 A.D., he witnessed the intruders cremate the bodies of the slain upon rack-wagons. The Bohemians practiced cremation as late as 1000 A.D.