Chapter 1

PAGE Preliminary Remarks.--Present Populations of the British Isles.-- Romans, &c.--Pre-historic Period.--The Irish Elk.--How far Contemporaneous with Man.--Stone Period.--Modes of Sepulture.-- The Physical Condition of the Soil.--Its Fauna.--Skulls of the Stone Period.--The Bronze Period.--Gold Ornaments.--Alloys and Castings.--How far Native or Foreign.--Effect of the Introduction of Metals.--Dwellings. 1