THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

At the first were skin-clad savages with long, wild hair matted, then others with rude, primitive clothing. And so on in historic order men, aye, and here and there a woman, too, of many lands, whose garments were of varied cut and substance. Red-haired Vikings and black-haired Celts and Phoenicians, fair-haired Saxons and swarthy Moors in flowing robes. At first the figures, chiefly of the barbarians, were not many; but as the sad procession passed along, I could see how each later year had brought its evergrowing tale of loss and disaster and added more and faster to the grim harvest of the sea.

Stoker/Mystery