CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Page | |
| The Ox and the Talent in Homer | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Primitive Systems of Currency | 10 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The distribution of the Ox and the distribution of Gold | 47 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Primaeval Trade Routes | 105 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Art of Weighing was first employed for Gold | 112 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow | 124 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Weight Systems of China and Further Asia | 155 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| How were Primitive Weight Units fixed? | 169 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Statement and Criticism of the Old Doctrines | 195 |
