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5S thin, the rust has penetrated through it, many pieces, 

 however, are found more than an inch thick. In these the 

 cement appears to be of a fine and curious texture ; not 

 the least sand or grit is discoverable. In the -wet parts of 

 the wall, the middle of the cement which is not discoloured 

 with rust is nearly of the colour, the consistence and soft 

 oily feeling of putty in its softest state. The width of the 

 wall is uniformly tv^enty-two inches; its height and length 

 have not yet been discovered." All the stones, you will 

 find in various stages of progressive decomposition — some 

 small ones I have found so completely decomposed as to be 

 easily broken by the fingers. The ends of the stones you 

 will observe are incrusted in a similar manner with the 

 sides. The course of the wall is N. East and S. West,— it 

 is enclosed on each side by soft, coarse, granite. Mr. L. 

 further remarks that, " about six or eight miles from this 

 wall, another has since been found, which is forty feet in 

 length, four or five in height, and uniformly seven inches in 

 thickness. These stones are all of one length, but of differ- 

 ent kinds. Some are of the iron character, others of a light 

 grey colour, and differing as widely in kind as in colour." 

 There is considerable inaccuracy in this statement, and 

 it may be well to correct it; as it would tend to improper 

 conclusions, and throw the subject into still greater obscuri- 

 ty. About five miles south-east from the above described 

 well (at Robleys,) and four miles north from Sailsbury, 

 near Coquenowers, the rains have washed a furrow in the 

 side of a hill, (as in the former case ; and as is indeed, very 

 common in this part of the country,) to the depth of several 

 feet. At the bottom of this is found a wall of precisely 

 similar structure, with the exception of its size. Its course 

 is hkewise North-East and South-West. The stones (see 

 specimens No. 2.) are six or seven inches in length, lying 

 across the wall, and forming its width. On comparison, 

 you will find them differing in no respect, in colour, kind, or 

 texture, from those at Robley's nor from each other. This 

 wall is hkewise embraced on each side by loose granite ; 

 neither its length, nor depth, have been ascertained, nor 

 has any one thought it worth while to engage in a search, 

 likely to prove so unprofitable and indeterminate. 



In the course of one of my professional excursions in the 

 country, in 1819, 1 discovered traces of this stone on the 



