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The celts found on these sites are in various stages of manufacture. The abundant varieties of mealing-stones, corn-crushers and pounding-stones indicate that they had passed the hunting stage aud were settling down to agricultural pursuits, Their peaceful instruments are more abundant than weapons of war, and they were more vegetarian than carnivorous. Their articles of domestic use show that they had a fascination for colour. The small tools were made of beautiful chert, agate, chalcedony, bloo'stone, Indian stone and rock-crystal Knives, saws, drills and lancets were made from the fakes struck off for them and went to make up the economic comforts of their household. “They had numerous fine rock-shelters. The presence of straw in cinder mounds perhaps indicates that they also lived in thatched houses. But they took their habitation mostly in the citadels on the

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