Early Britain—Roman Britain by Edward Conybeare
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§ C.--Aryan immigrants--Gael and Briton--Earliest classical
nomenclature--British Isles--Albion--Ierne--Cassiterides--Phoenician tin trade _viâ_ Cadiz ... _p_. 31 § D.--Discoveries of Pytheas--Greek tin trade _viâ_ Marseilles--Trade routes--Ingots--Coracles--Earliest British coins--Lead-mining ... _p_. 34 § E.--Pytheas trustworthy--His notes on Britain--Agricultural tribes--Barns--Manures--Dene Holes--Mead--Beer--Parched corn--Pottery--Mill-stones--Villages--Cattle--Pastoral tribes--Savage tribes--Cannibalism--Polyandry--Beasts of chase--Forest trees--British clothing and arms--Sussex iron ... _p_. 39 § F.--Celtic types--"Roy" and "Dhu"--Gael--Silurians--Loegrians--Basque peoples--Shifting of clans--Constitutional disturbances--Monarchy --Oligarchy--Demagogues--First inscribed coins ... _p_. 50 § G.--Clans at Julian invasion--Permanent natural boundaries--Population Celtic settlements--"Duns"--Maiden Castle ... _p_. 54 § H.--Religious state of Britain--Illustrated by Hindooism--Totemists--Polytheists--Druids--Bards--Seers--Druidic Deities--Mistletoe--Sacred herbs--"Ovum Anguinum"--Suppression of Druidism--Druidism and Christianity _p_. 62 CHAPTER II |
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