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Throughout the jungles every here and 

 there,, may be seen a collection of large 

 stones, from twenty to a hundred ; raised six 

 or eight feet above the ground, and from 

 eighteen inches to two feet diameter; some 

 standing perpendicularly,, others obliquely,, 

 and some lying flat on the ground between 

 them. 



There was a collection of these stones near 

 my house,, and in taking out some of them for 

 steps to my front door, we found under one of 

 them an earthen pot; the mouth of which 

 was well closed with a resinous cement; 

 I expected that it contained treasure, but to 

 my great mortification, it proved to be a wo~ 



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witches from entering. Even to this day it is sometimes 

 used by the illiterate in many parts of this country. In 

 India the same idea prevails, and horse shoes may be of- 

 ten seen nailed to their thresholds. This, with many 

 other old customs, being alike in both countries, indicate 

 that there must have been a communication formerly with 

 the Inhabitants of this Island, and the Hindoos. 



