PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

I—THE CLYDE MYSTERY

II—DR. MUNRO’S BOOK ON THE MYSTERY

III—THE CLYDE CONTROVERSY

IV—DUNBUIE

V—HOW I CAME INTO THE CONTROVERSY

VI—DUMBUCK

VII—LANGBANK

VIII—THE ORIGINAL DATE AND PURPOSE OF DUMBUCK AND LANGBANK

IX—A GUESS AT THE POSSIBLE PURPOSE OF LANGBANK AND DUMBUCK

X—THE LAST DAY AT OLD DUMBUCK

XI—MY THEORY OF PROVISIONAL DATE

XII—THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

XIII—METHOD OF INQUIRY

XIV—THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE MARKS AND OBJECTS

XV—QUESTION OF METHOD CONTINUED

XVI—MAGIC

XVII—DISPUTED OBJECTS CLASSIFIED

XVIII—CUP MARKS IN CRANNOGS

XIX—PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE DISPUTED OBJECTS AND OTHER OBJECTS ELSEWHERE

XX—UNMARKED CHARM STONES

XXI—QUALITY OF ART ON THE STONES

XXII—SURVIVAL OF MAGIC OF STONES

XXIII—MODERN SURVIVAL OF MAGICAL WOOD CHURINGA

XXIV—CONCLUSION OF ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVALS IN MAGIC

XXV—MY MISADVENTURE WITH THE CHARM STONE

XXVI—EUROPEAN PARALLELS TO THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

XXVII—PORTUGUESE AND OTHER STONE PENDANTS

XXVIII—QUESTION AS TO THE OBJECTS AS ORNAMENTS OF THE PERSON

XXIX—WEAPONS

XXX—THE FIGURINES

XXXI—GROTESQUE HEADS.  DISPUTED PORTUGUESE PARALLELS

XXXII—DISPUTED OBJECTS FROM DUNBUIE

XXXIII—DISPUTABLE AND CERTAINLY FORGED OBJECTS

XXXIV—CONCLUSION

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