Stories of persons and places in Europe . heir foes. In vain the women ran to and frowith flying hair, tossing on high the blazing brands they had seized fromthe sacred altars. The stern Romans, pausing only for a moment to observetheir strange performances, rushed upon the Druids, priests and priestesses,and put an end to them and their religion. England. 109 The Stonehekge.—All over England and northern France, curiousstones are found, which are suj>posed to be the remains of temples, altars,or places of burial left by the Druids. In some places the stones arearranged in circles, in other
Stories of persons and places in Europe . heir foes. In vain the women ran to and frowith flying hair, tossing on high the blazing brands they had seized fromthe sacred altars. The stern Romans, pausing only for a moment to observetheir strange performances, rushed upon the Druids, priests and priestesses,and put an end to them and their religion. England. 109 The Stonehekge.—All over England and northern France, curiousstones are found, which are suj>posed to be the remains of temples, altars,or places of burial left by the Druids. In some places the stones arearranged in circles, in others in heaps, and in still others there stands onlya single tall stone. On Salisbury plains, in southern England, is the most wonderful of allthese antiquities. It is a large circle of huge upright stones, containing asmaller circle of smaller stones, and within that two ovals, the stones ofwhich are smaller still; but none would weigh less than ten tons, and thelargest would weigh seventy. In the centre is a flat slab fifteen feet long,. STONEHENGE. which is supposed to have been the altar ; beneath it have been found thebones ofdeer, oxen and other animals, mixed with burnt wood and pieces ofpottery. Many of the stones composing the Stonehenge have fallen, but enoughremain to show the original shape and size of the immense structure. How those rude people managed to raise these great solid blocks thattower up four or five times as high as a man, and then to lay across themothers nearly as large, and mortised them to the uprights, is a so is the purpose for which the whole was built. Whole books havebeen written on the subject, but few writers hold the same opinion. Somethink it was erected in honor of the four hundred and sixty Britons slainby Hengist, the Saxon. Some think it was a monument raised to Hengist; 110 • Persons and Places in Europe. some think it was a place for observing the stars, or for public the majority think it was a place of w
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