Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . A, AUSTRIA. which are now standing. Within theinner circle another series of pillars,oval in character, and originally nineteenin number, are found, which rise inheight toward the center. Around theoutside rim was drawn a moat and arampart about three hundred and sev-enty yards in circumference. On thenortheast of the great circle and run-ning out for a distance of about sixhundred yards, there are evidences of as
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . A, AUSTRIA. which are now standing. Within theinner circle another series of pillars,oval in character, and originally nineteenin number, are found, which rise inheight toward the center. Around theoutside rim was drawn a moat and arampart about three hundred and sev-enty yards in circumference. On thenortheast of the great circle and run-ning out for a distance of about sixhundred yards, there are evidences of as well as the antiquity of the monu-ment before him. Stonehenge has long been a fertiletopic in tradition. The oldest story of allis that given by Nennius, J Stories of Nen- in the ninth century. He niusandcam-declares that the structurewas erected by Aurelianus Ambrosius, mmemory of four hundred British chief-tains who were slain there by Hengistand his Saxon barbarians, in 472. At PRIMEVAL MAN.—MEN OF THE TUMI LI. 335 the close of the twelfth century, Giral-dus Cambrensis, another annalist, tellsa long story of a great pile of stonescalled the Giants Dance, anciently found. BUKIAL URNS (ENLARGED FROM PRECEDING CUT). in Ireland. He narrates that the stonesin question were brought to Ireland bya company of Titans out of Africa, who Britons, procured Merlin, by supernat-ural means, to bring from Ireland intoBritain. And that he might leave somefamous monument of so great a treasonto future ages, in the same order andart as they stood formerly, set them upwhere the flower of the British nationfell by the cutthroat practice of theSaxons, and where, under the pretenceof peace, the ill-secured youth of thekingdom, by murderous designs, wereslain. This story happily illustrates the com-pass and authenticity of mediaeval his-tory. It is Well known that Authenticity of the pillars composing the Srdmustratedruin of Stonehenge were hereby,taken from stone quarries in the neigh-borhood,
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