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real objection. Whoever they were that dug 

 that wide dj^ke, and tlu-ew np that high bank, 

 must have had abundance of labour at com- 

 mand; and, though Mr. Goodman's fourteen 

 horses could not move one of the Grey We- 

 thers, long levers very probably could. As Dr. 

 Johnson sa3^s in Basselas, ''the master of me- 

 chanics laughs at strength ;" and Archimedes 

 had said long before him, ''Give me a place 

 to stand on, and a lever, and I will move the 

 world." Beside the explanation given by the 

 plate itself, it may be necessary to suggest that 

 trunks of oaks bound with iron, and pierced 

 with holes for levers, would furnish rollers to 

 propel the stones to very near their ultimate 

 destination. It is also necessary to suppose 

 the site of Stonehenge occupied by a mound, 

 either natural or artificial; the ascent being 

 by an easy incline fi'om the quarter whence the 

 stones were brought. On the top of the 

 moimd we must suppose as many holes dug as 

 there were upright stones to be placed. On 



