The account of this, and the subsequent comparison, is given at length in the _Tain_, and is a valuable repertory of archaeological information.

They counted their vessels, metal and wooden; they counted their finger rings, their clasps, their thumb rings, their diadems, and their gorgets of gold.

They examined their many-coloured garments of crimson and blue, of black and green, yellow and mottled, white and streaked.

All were equal.

They then inspected their flocks and herds, swine from the forests, sheep from the pasture lands, and cows--here the first difference arose.