Excerpt from Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 2I am not aware that this singularity of the Basque grave~ stones has ever yet been mentioned. The archaeology of that district may be said to be totally unwritten, and, when it is accomplished, it is not improbable that a ray of additional light will be thrown on the origin of that mysterious nationality, as well as on the real source from which the various continental tribes sprang, that peopled this country after the departure of the Romans, and whom we are accustomed to comprehend in the vaguely generic term of Saxon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.