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CHAPTER IV.
horse-shoes found in switzerland: their antiquity and shape. m. quiquerez's researches and observations. valuable indications afforded by the shoes as to the breeds of horses, and the different races of people. forges in the jura alps. very ancient shoe. prevalence of shoes with celtic remains. roman camps. horse-shoes of different forms. the gundians and grooved shoes. increase of sizes. shoes found in belgium. germany. horse-loving tribes. inferior horses. ancient horse-shoes of large and small sizes. grosz's description. roman camp of dalheim. the burgundian groove. steinfurt. monument with runic inscription and figure of a horse-shoe. the burgundii. the farrier as armourer. the dwarf regin. saint eloy's day at the burgundian court. the patron saint. german history. wide prevalence of the grooved shoe. scandinavia. the smith's art. golden shoes. peat-mosses and their contents.
In Switzerland, as has been noticed, shoes of the form peculiar to the Celtic, Roman, and subsequent periods, have been found. Those discovered by M. Troyon[1] in the supposed sacrificial mound of Chavannes, have been described as differing only in the absence of calkins from the majority of those already considered. They were five in number, and very primitive in shape. Their- ↑ Troyon. Colline de Sacrifices de Chavannes-sur-le-Veyron, p. 5.
