. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ation of them willenable us to view the question in a new light. As long ago as 1838, Dr. E. von Baer, whilst held upby bad weather on the uninhabited island of Wier, southof Hochland in the Gulf of Finland, observed a curiouspattern (Fig. 124) formed in the ground by means oflarge pebbles. He also noticed several very similararrangements on the southern coast of the peninsula ofLappland and presented a paper on the subject, to theAcademy of St. Petersburg. In some of these figures the stones employed weresmall pebble
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ation of them willenable us to view the question in a new light. As long ago as 1838, Dr. E. von Baer, whilst held upby bad weather on the uninhabited island of Wier, southof Hochland in the Gulf of Finland, observed a curiouspattern (Fig. 124) formed in the ground by means oflarge pebbles. He also noticed several very similararrangements on the southern coast of the peninsula ofLappland and presented a paper on the subject, to theAcademy of St. Petersburg. In some of these figures the stones employed weresmall pebbles, in other instances they were as large as achilds head, and in one case they were so large that theyrequired several strong men to lift them. Some of thefigures had nearly disappeared through the action ofmoss, earthworms, etc. In 1877, Dr. J. R. Aspelin, of Helsingfors, drewattention to the existence of similar figures in Finland 147 and on the east coast of Sweden. Fig. 125 shows a formfound by him on an island not far from Borgo, Finland. 9 //i6«wvu »a <\ ilfliS. VJJi * 9. *TjarJ» <r Fig. 124.—Stone Labyrinth on Wier Island, Gulf of Finland. (von Baer.)
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