305 Charlevoix, _Histoire de la Nouvelle France_ (Paris, 1744), vi. 111. M73 Funeral games among the Bedouins and among the peoples of the Caucasus. 306 I. Goldziher, _Muhammedanische Studien_ (Halle a. S., 1888-1890), ii. 328 _sq._ However, Prof. Goldziher believes that the festival is an ancient heathen one which has been subsequently grafted upon the tradition of the orthodox prophet Salih. 307 J. Potocki, _Voyage dans les steps d’Astrakhan et du Caucase_ (Paris, 1829), i. 275 _sq._; Edmund Spencer, _Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary_, etc. (London, 1836) ii. 399. 308 G. Radde, _Die Chews’uren und ihr Land_ (Cassel, 1878), pp. 95 _sq._; Prince Eristow, “Die Pschawen und Chewsurier im Kaukasus,” _Zeitschrift für allgemeine Erdkunde_, Neue Folge, ii. (1857) p. 77. 309 C. v. Hahn, “Religiöse Anschauungen und Totengedächtnisfeier der Chewsuren,” _Globus_, lxxvi. (1899) pp. 211 _sq._ 310 N. v. Seidlitz, “Die Abchasen,” _Globus_, lxvi. (1894) pp. 42 _sq._ M74 Games periodically held in honour of some famous man might in time assume the character of a great fair. The great Irish fairs of Tailltin and Carman, in which horse-races played a prominent part, are said to have been instituted in honour of the dead. 311 (Sir) John Rhys, _Celtic Heathendom_ (London, 1888), pp. 409 _sq._; H. d’Arbois de Jubainville, _Cours de littérature celtique_, vii. (Paris, 1895) pp. 309 _sqq._; P. W. Joyce, _Social History of Ancient Ireland_ (London, 1903), ii. 438 _sqq._ “The _aenach_ or fair was an assembly of the people of every grade without distinction; it was the most common kind of large public meeting, and its main object was the celebration of games, athletic exercises, sports, and pastimes of all kinds” (P. W. Joyce, _op. cit._ ii. 438). The Irish name is _Tailltiu_, genitive _Taillten_, accusative and dative _Tailltin_ (Sir J. Rhys, _op. cit._ p. 409 note 1). 312 (Sir) John Rhys, _Celtic Heathendom_, p. 411; H. d’Arbois de Jubainville, _Cours de littérature celtique_, vii. 313 _sqq._; P. W. Joyce, _Social History of Ancient Ireland_, ii. 434 _sq._, 441 _sqq._ M75 Indeed most of the great Irish fairs are said to have originated in funeral games. 313 P. W. Joyce, _op. cit._ ii. 435. 314 P. W. Joyce, _op. cit._ ii. 434. Compare (Sir) J. Rhys, _Celtic Heathendom_, p. 411. 315 H. d’Arbois de Jubainville, _Cours de littérature celtique_, vii. 313. 316 H. d’Arbois de Jubainville, _op. cit._ vii. 310. M76 The great Irish fairs were held on the first of August (Lammas), which seems to have been an old harvest festival of first-fruits. 317 P. W. Joyce, _op. cit._ ii. 389, 439. 318 (Sir) J. Rhys, _Celtic Heathendom_, p. 410.