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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Fig. 8. Dolmen op Kervekesse, Locmariaqdeh. 



each with human bones, frequently mingled with those of the horse 

 and cow. 



The way in which one tumulus near Carnac has been explored is 

 interesting. This forms a large mound, over 260 feet long, oval in out- 

 line, rising fifty or sixty feet above the surrounding plain, and locally 

 known as Mont St. Michel. On one end of the level summit is a small 

 chapel of St. Michel while on the space in front is an interesting cross 

 of fifteenth century workmanship. As open cuttings would have been 

 expensive (and even impossible in the neighborhood of the chapel), the 

 tumulus has been explored by driving small tunnels through it in every 

 direction. These have later been walled up and roofed in with stone, 

 so that, by the aid of a candle, one may visit all the points of interest 

 in the interior, just as one would explore one of our Indiana or Ken- 

 tucky caves, seeing all the features found — in this case two dolmens and 

 numerous cairns — as nearly as possible in their original condition. 



It would be a tedious task to enumerate, even by name, all of the 

 objects found in these explorations, which were begun in 1862 by the 

 Societe Polymathique of Vannes, continued, for the fifteen years ending 

 with his death in 1883, by the Scotchman, James Miln, and since that 

 time by Le Rouzic. The material collected by Miln forms a small but 

 very important museum which he bequeathed to the Commune of 

 Carnac, and which must be visited in order to have a full knowledge of 

 these strange megaliths. Le Rouzic, the present curator, is enthusi- 

 astic in his field, gladly welcoming the student, and spending much 

 time in explaining his treasures. 



In the first place these plainly show that, whether the orientation 



