The Gauls, he says, in spite of their traces of barbarism, had an eloquence of their own, and had the Druids as their teachers in philosophy.

These professed to know the size and form of the earth and of the universe, the motions of the sky and stars, and the will of the gods.

He refers, as Caesar does, to their work in education, and says that it was carried on in caves or in secluded groves.

Mela speaks of their doctrine of immortality, but says nothing as to the entry of souls into other bodies.

As a proof of this belief he speaks of the practice of burning and burying with the dead things appropriate to the needs of the living.