by the passage over them of Sharp Detrital Matter. 123 



running in it, is not a sufficient reason for rejecting the evi- 

 dence of glacier action, as subsequent elevation has, doubt- 

 less, raised up the w^hole. In the glacial period when, as it 

 is presumed, this extension of glaciers occurred, it is highly 

 probable that our mountains were less elevated, whilst the 

 limit of eternal snows was brought nearly to the level of the 

 ocean. If, then, I consider a glacier as a true motive power 

 applied by nature to transport drift, I consider it only as one 

 power among many. I look upon it also as auxiliary to other 

 glacial agencies, as it is the carrier by which detritus is con- 

 veyed from the mountain top and valley, until it is confided 

 to the iceberg or icefloe, to be floated away to other and dis- 

 tant regions ; but even with these restricted views of the 

 geological agency of ice, it is evident that our knowledge of 

 the phenomena connected with it cannot be too much extended; 

 and I am happy, therefore, to see that it continues an object 

 of zealous research. 



On the Bemains of Druidical Temples near Penzance. By 

 Richard Edmonds, Jun., Esq.* 



Having in former communications described the dwelling 

 places, and tombs of the very ancient inhabitants of this 

 neighbourhood, I will now speak of their Temples — those 

 erections which consisted originally of nineteen detached 

 stones, placed upright, from 3 to 5 feet above ground, in rude 

 circles, varying in diameter from 65 to 80 feet, and called by 

 antiquarians " Druidical Temples," but by the neighbouring 

 population " nine maidens," an abbreviation doubtless for 

 " nineteen maidens." Borlase has noticed four of these within 

 5 miles of Penzance, all of which are still to be seen.t 

 (Here the author minutely describes the four temples.) 



These four temples are not the only ones in Britain wherein 

 the number 19 stands so prominent. In Stonehenge the 

 inner oval immediately around the altar consisted of precisely 



* Vide Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society's Report for 

 1850. 



t Antiq., p. 181. 



