The Waldorf family . ir re-mains ; but few persons are aware that Brittanyabounds in monuments far more wonderful. On theplain of Karnac, for instance, are to be seen eleven 197 parallel ranges of stones, each stone from ten totwenty feet high, composed of a single rough blockof immense weight. These ranges of stone extendfor two leagues. And, to increase the wonder, thesmallest part, or, what would be called the apex ofthe pyramid, is planted in the earth ; leaving themstanding, as it were, on their heads, with theirbroad base in the air. There are various traditionsi concerning them; but sch
The Waldorf family . ir re-mains ; but few persons are aware that Brittanyabounds in monuments far more wonderful. On theplain of Karnac, for instance, are to be seen eleven 197 parallel ranges of stones, each stone from ten totwenty feet high, composed of a single rough blockof immense weight. These ranges of stone extendfor two leagues. And, to increase the wonder, thesmallest part, or, what would be called the apex ofthe pyramid, is planted in the earth ; leaving themstanding, as it were, on their heads, with theirbroad base in the air. There are various traditionsi concerning them; but scholars generally unite inattributing them to the time of the Druid are several varieties in the form of theseDruidical remains, but they are similar in char-acter. If we should ever resume our legends, Iwill give you a fuller description of these very cu-rious monuments. The imperfect account I havenow sketched out for you, will serve for the present,to introduce one of the traditions of the country. 198. V10 MIL© MMM£ OR, THE STONES OF PLOUHINIC.
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