The largest and most interesting rock-tracings are near Tanum church in Bohuslän, and are found on the slopes of the rocky hills overlooking the valleys which in these earlier times may have been partly arms of the sea. How many hours have I spent before these in deep contemplation, trying, but in vain, to unravel the mystery which surrounds them! Some of the pictures contain over one hundred figures, varying from a small object to one several feet in length or height; except in a few instances, the absence of masts in representations of ships is noticeable.
Among the many interesting rock-tracings are those where warriors have a peculiar horned head-dress, representing most probably a helmet.
In the British Museum there are two helmets of bronze, which reminded me of the representation given on the rock-tracings, which I give below, one of which was found in the Thames, the other at Apulia.
Fig. 896.—Found in the Thames, near Waterloo Bridge.
Fig. 897.—Apulia (Magna Græcia).
An engraving, illustrating part of a bas-relief of the Egyptian temple of Medinet Habou, has been brought to my notice by Dr. Warre, head-master of Eton College, from a remarkable French work.[[119]] There is a similarity in this illustration with the rock-tracings of the North.
Fig. 898.—From a bas-relief from the Temple of Medinet-Habou, Egypt.