Days Before history

by H. R. Hall

A longish list might be made of the various books which have been read or consulted in the preparation of these chapters. They are all well-known standard books, such as would be readily found by anyone who might wish to follow the subject further. This edition includes six chapters that are new—numbers six, nine, and fifteen to eighteen—besides various paragraphs and oddments scattered throughout the book; the chapter-headings have been altered in most instances, and the illustrations are nearly all new.

The author wishes to offer his sincere thanks to Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., who generously consented to look over the proofs of the original book; and to Professor J. J. Findlay and Miss Maria E. Findlay for their invaluable help and kindly encouragement.

The Contents of Chapters

	Preface	page [v]
I	How Dick and his Friends heard a Story	[1]
II	The Story of Tig: Tig’s Birthday & his Home	[11]
III	The Story of Tig: Tig’s Mother and the Lessons that she taught him	[18]
IV	Dick & his Friends: The Hut that the Boys built	[26]
V	The Story of Tig: How Garff provided Food for his Family	[34]
VI	The Story of Tig: How Gofa sold some Meal to a Hungry Man	[42]
VII	The Story of Tig: The Harvest of the Fields and of the Woods	[48]
VIII	The Story of Tig: How Crubach became a Sower of Corn	[54]
IX	The Story of Tig: The Story of the Wolf that hunted alone	[57]
X	Dick & his Friends: A Talk about Food Supplies	[64]
XI	The Story of Tig: How Tig got his first Bow and Arrows	[72]
XII	The Story of Tig: How Tig visited Goba the Spearmaker	[76]
XIII	The Story of Tig: Arsan’s Story about Grim the Hunter	[86]
XIV	Dick & his Friends: A Talk about Stone Weapons	[93]
XV	The Story of Tig: How the Pond of the Village went dry	[99]
XVI	The Story of Tig: What Arsan said about the Old Pond	[103]
XVII	The Story of Tig: How they made the Pond anew	[108]
XVIII	Dick & his Friends: A Talk about Dew-Ponds	[114]
XIX	The Story of Tig: How Gofa made Pottery	[122]
XX	The Story of Tig: How Tig went hunting the Deer	[129]
XXI	The Story of Tig: How Tig became a Man	[137]
XXII	Dick & his Friends: Dick’s Pottery and how he made it	[140]
XXIII	The Story of Tig: How Tig made Friends with the Lake People	[146]
XXIV	The Story of Tig: How Tig saw the Lake People’s Village	[153]
XXV	Dick & his Friends: A Talk about ancient Lake Dwellings	[162]
XXVI	The Story of Tig: How the Old Chief died and was buried	[168]
XXVII	The Story of Tig: How Tig chose a Wife from the Lake People	[174]
XXVIII	Dick & his Friends: The Boys’ Bows and Arrows	[180]
XXIX	The Story of Tig: How the Lake People brought Tidings of War	[185]
XXX	The Story of Tig: How they fought the Battle in the Wood	[192]
XXXI	Dick & his Friends: How they dug out the Barrow	[201]

List of Illustrations

Tig Shoots a Stag	[Cover]
The Lone Wolf	[Frontispiece]
Dressing a Skin	page [18]
The Stags	[34]
Gofa Alarmed	[42]
Going to the Fields	[48]
The Wild Boar	[52]
The Wolf at the Beaver’s Hut	[60]
The Spear-maker	[80]
The Bear	[88]
Making Pottery	[124]
The Wild Ducks	[130]
Making a Canoe	[154]
Weaving at the Loom	[160]
The Beacon	[190]
The Warrior Chief	[196]