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found situated upon the Syrian coast, in the very region of 

 the Phoenicians themselves. He also alludes to the crom- 

 lechs which are affirmed, on the authority of Sir Richard 

 Colt Hoare, to have been discovered so far east as Mala- 

 bar. I have not the means at present of consulting this last 

 mentioned author's History of Ancient Wiltshire, where the 

 account appears, but, happily, the drawings are copied into 

 the work of your late friend Mr. Godfrey Higgins, in his 

 ' Celtic Druids,' who states, that ' it is remarkable Sir Richard 

 Hoare did not accompany the sketches with any observa- 

 tions ;' but he properly adds, that e this author's character 

 is too well known to admit a suspicion of their genuineness. 

 To this remark I heartily subscribe, and if any doubt could 

 ever have existed on the subject, (of which I am not aware,) 

 it must be removed by the communication which I now send 

 you, being an extract of a letter, with drawings, from my 

 son, Mr. William Hibbert Ware, relative to cromlechs dis- 

 covered by him near Belgaum. The information is to the 

 following effect : 



" ' I enclose you two sketches of remains which very much 

 resemble the cromlech of Kits Coty House in Kent. These 

 I accidentally stumbled upon in the course of a tiger hunt. 

 Into the composition of each of these monuments four stones 

 enter, which incline towards one another, and are surmounted 

 by one large horizontal stone. From an inquiry of the na- 

 tives, including information which I received upon the spot, 

 I learn that these remains are tombs of ancient date ; and 

 hence, from analogy, equally reasonable with a supposition 

 entertained on the round towers of Ireland, it is probable 

 that such piles in England were erected more as sepulchral 

 stones than for other uses. It is affirmed, that the present 

 structures were never raised for religious purposes. The 

 height of the pile, shewn in sketch fig. 1, is eight feet, the 

 other dimensions being proportionally represented ; and this 

 estimation applies also to sketch fig. 2. Their composition 

 is greenstone.' 



