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thofe flupendous monuments of antiquity, 

 and it appears very probable that this was 

 the method ufed by the Britiih mechanics, 

 who from their early communication with 

 the Egyptians and Phoenicians, probably 

 obtained their mechanical knowledge from 

 thefe great mailers of fcience.* 



Befides the two cromleche I have men- 

 tioned, I found nothing deferving of par- 

 ticular notice either in the houfe or grounds 

 at Plas Newydd, except the fituation, which 

 is indeed beautiful. The houfe, an ele- 

 gant building, {lands upon the bank of the 

 Menai, almoil furrounded by woods, and 

 commands an elegant picturefque and ex- 

 tenfive profped: of thofe Britiih alps, the 

 mountains of Caernarvonmire. 



I left this place, and purfued my route 

 along the great Irifh road towards Holy- 



* Jfctnvland's Moiw Antiq. Reft. p. 95, 96. 



head. 



