. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [March, tli;it after di^oonifiture of tlie Philistines, the propliet Samuel '•took a stiiiie, anil set it hetweeii Mizpeli and Shen, and called the name of it Kben-e/.er" (Samuel, vii. ISj: indeed, frequent mention is made of such stones of menu)rial throuffhout the Old Testament. Jn many places, a superstitions regard is still paid to them. In lona there are several of these unliewn pillars, called "hlack stones,&quo
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [March, tli;it after di^oonifiture of tlie Philistines, the propliet Samuel '•took a stiiiie, anil set it hetweeii Mizpeli and Shen, and called the name of it Kben-e/.er" (Samuel, vii. ISj: indeed, frequent mention is made of such stones of menu)rial throuffhout the Old Testament. Jn many places, a superstitions regard is still paid to them. In lona there are several of these unliewn pillars, called "hlack stones," on account of the awful punishment supposed to follow the violation of an oath sworn upon them. These maen-liir were filso used to mark the restintr-place of the dead, though the Hebrews, like other eastern people, i>referred a cave or e-vcavation as a place of sepulture; when iu> rock was at hand, they made use of these stones of memorial: thus we read, that when "Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Eplirath," "Jacidi set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day " (Genesis, xxxv. 19,20). it was a custom anH)ngst the ancient Greeks to set an upright stone on the summit of a tumulus: it is, no doubt, in these stones of memorial that the head-stones in our modern cemeteries have originated. L']iright stones were also used as a "kebla," or point of observation, to which the attention of the wotshijipers should be directed. Broad flat stones were used as stones of inauguration: the stone under the coronation chair at Westminster Alibey is of this description. It is sujijjosed to he the same that stood upon the Hill of Tara, on which the kings of Ireland were inaugu- rated in ancient times. There was an old ])rophe(y to the effect, that the same race should reign wherever this stone sliould be; conseijuently, when an Irish colony settled in North Britain, this stone was sent witli them to confirm their
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