. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. arising ground, are several large and rude stones,forming a cluster irregularly circular, which,observes the traveller, from its appearance, aBritish antiquary might be almost authorisedto pronounce Druidical, according to the gene-ral application of this word among us. I canscarcely think the arrangement of those stoneswholly, though it may be partly, natural or ac-cidental. Some of them are from twenty totwenty-five feet high; one, very tall, standsnearly in the middle; another, towards the west,
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. arising ground, are several large and rude stones,forming a cluster irregularly circular, which,observes the traveller, from its appearance, aBritish antiquary might be almost authorisedto pronounce Druidical, according to the gene-ral application of this word among us. I canscarcely think the arrangement of those stoneswholly, though it may be partly, natural or ac-cidental. Some of them are from twenty totwenty-five feet high; one, very tall, standsnearly in the middle; another, towards the west, resembles a table or an altar, being flatat the top, and under two or three are recessesor small caverns.* This monument is much more interestingthan Sir W. Ouseley (who acknowledges animperfect acquaintance with this branch ofantiquities) seems to have imagined. Thealtar, the pillar, &c., offer clear analogies notonly to the Scriptural instances, but to thosewhich our own country offer, proving the com-mon origin and use of these monuments of themost ancient times. * Travels, ii. [Druidic Circle at CHAPTER IV. ELI AND SAMUEL.
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