The inhabitants flocked to the spot, and the phenomenon was
carefully inspected by scientific observers. Trunks of full-sized trees
were seen, accompanied by meadow plants and roots of rushes and weeds,
surrounded by those of grasses and mosses; the perfect state of the
trees showed that they had been long buried under the sand. Some of the
trees and boughs were at first mistaken for wreckage, but the fishermen
soon discovered their error and loaded their carts with the treasure
locally known as "gorban." Subsequent researches have shown that acorns
and hazel-nuts, teeth of horses and hogs, also pottery and instruments
of the same character as those found in the cromlechs, exist among the
Vazon peat deposits. There is therefore abundant evidence that the
legends relating to the former inhabitants of the forest are based on
traditions resting on an historical foundation.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.--TRADITION
CHAPTER II.--SUPERSTITION
CHAPTER III.--DEVOTION
CHAPTER IV.--REVELATION
CHAPTER V.--AFFLICTION
CHAPTER VI.--CONSOLATION
CHAPTER VII.--ANNIHILATION
CHAPTER I.
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