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author, who, of course, forestalls me in exploding the old 

 legend of the fortresses being universally constructed as 

 in the time-honoured figure. 



When I was writing my former paper, 1 read all the 

 literature on the subject that I could hear of, and I 

 regret that neither of the above publications came under 

 my notice. The only author that I was then aware of 

 who cast a doubt on the legend was the hero of our boy- 

 hood. Captain Mayne Reid, in his " Naturalist in Siluria" 

 (London, 1889), a delightful book of real observations, 

 which deserves to be better known. 



