l86 antiquities in Scotland. April itf, 



Julj 21. Wiiidbound. — Rowed and towed the 

 .three vefsels down to the harbour of Scalpa, — cast 

 anchor, — remained there all day. 



Bill of fare, captain Pierce's salmon, captain Mac- 

 leod's stag venison, and grouse. In the evening 

 cauglit many red cod, and cuttle-fifli. The ink of 

 which is iine and flows easily, very black. 

 To he continued. 



ANTIQUITIES IN SCOTLAND. 

 Conjectures concerning the use to which those 

 ancient circular buildings, found in scotland, 

 called dhunes, were originally appropriated. 

 Continued from p. 104. 

 Places for worfJiip, 

 SivcE, therefore, these buildings could neither have 

 been employed as fortifications, nor as watch towers, 

 nor as private habitations, it is scarcely pofsible they 

 could have been intended fo; any other purpose than 

 that of religious woriliip. I am therefore inclined 

 to believe, that they must have been the temples of 

 some of those niitions which once inhabited the re- 

 gions where they now are found. 



According to this hypotiiesls, we meet with none 

 of those difficulties we found on every other supposi- 

 tion. As they were not intended for defence against 

 ;in enemy, it was not necefsary they fliould be situa- 

 ted in a place naturally strong and difficult of accefs : 

 As they were not intended to give signals of distrefs, 

 it v»'as not necefsar}- they fliould be placed in a con- 

 spicuous situation : As they were not ir.eant to be the 

 habitation of pnnces, it was not uecefsary that they 



