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sider it as the production of nature, because those rocks 
seldom or never occur in that relative situation. — It 
tance. Others may suppose that some ardent admirer of 
Celtic antiquities erected this monument for hisown amuse- 
ment, but the immense weight of the upper stone renders 
this improbable. 
2. Stones of Memorial or Sacrifice.—Mr. Kendall, who 
travelled in the northern parts of the United States, seems 
fountry, AH that distinguishes them are the crowns of 
oak and pine branches which they bear, of which some are 
fresh, others are fading, and the rest decayed.” 
aptain Smith, in his description of Virginia, relates that 
the Indians had certain altar stones, which they call Pawco- 
Fances ; these stand apart from their temples, some by their 
houses, others in their woods and wildernesses, where they 
Met with any extraordinary accident or encounter. As you 
upon many other occasions. ; 
Charlevoix mentions the worship of rocks as one of the 
superstitions of the Northern oe 
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