^92 Op Druidical Remains, 



then Tullus Hoftilius, fuppofing him placed in 

 an elevated fituation, and upon the top of a 

 building, and furrounded by, or in the neigh- 

 bourhood of a number of fpears, placed with 

 their points upwards, receive a ftroke by their 

 means from an eledtrical atmofphere ; or might 

 not an electrical cloud be fo attradted and dif- 

 charged upon a multitude of metalline points, 

 terminating in bad condudors, as to explode 

 and deftroy him, and burn the houfe : and 

 might not Numa be inftrufted, how to conduft 

 this procefs with greater fafety, though, per- 

 haps, not fcientifically ? But many a houfe is 

 preferved by conductors, whofe inhabitants, 

 and even the artificers that erefted them, are 

 nearly ignorant of the rationale of the matter. 



Essay on fome juppofed Druidical Remains, 

 ?i^<?r Halifax in Yorkshire j by Mr. Tho- 

 mas Barritt. 



READ OCTOBER 19, L787. 



ABOUT a mile weftward of Saddleworth 

 church, in the county of York,- is a high 

 hill, which commands an extenfive profped over 

 the adjacent country. It is called, by the neigh- 

 bouring people, POTS AND PANS. Upon the 



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