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The First Sea-going Peoples 91 There was bull fighting, singularly Uke the bull fighting that still sur- vives in Spain ; there was resemblance even in the costumes of the Photo : Fred Boissonnas, THE TREASURE HOUSE AT MYCENE bull-fighters ; and there were gymnastic displays. The women's clothes were remarkably modern in spirit ; they wore corsets and flounced dresses. The pottery, the textile manufactures, the sculp- ture, painting, jewellery, ivory, metal and inlay work of these Cretans