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designers, of even the later parts may have been of Phoenician 

 origin, or at least of their date, the monuments of the Baleares 

 being Pelasgic of the oldest type. The Pelasgi were a people 

 with whom the Phoenicians were in communication, and all the 

 features of Stonehenge and Avebury have analogues in the islands 

 between the African continent and Europe. In any case that 

 Stonehenge is not a purely British structure is clear. Dr. James 

 Fergusson, who is not fond of attributing great antiquity to any 

 monuments, allows that the remains on the Balearic Islands may be 

 coeval with the period of the Trojan War. Having repeatedly ex- 

 amined the route of the ancient traffic in tin through Gaul, I feel 

 clear in stating that they seem to follow a line from Africa, where 

 several trilithons exist, through Gaul, and then by the Atlantic shore 

 and islands to Britain, a trilithon being found on the coast in Brittany 

 at St. Nazaire and one in the He D'Ousessant. They are rare in 

 any case, but examples are to be found on the old route of tin traffic, 

 or near it. A fine trilithon is figured in one of Cambry's plates, in 

 in the Department de Tlsere, on the Rhone. Dr. Fergusson admits 

 the art of the construction {i.e., the design) may have travelled 

 from Africa to Ireland, and thence to Wiltshire, in which, as to 

 the smaller and original structure, I think he is right. I assume 

 that he means that persons having practice in construction of this 

 kind brought such knowledge with them. The only authors who 

 have written on these remains, except on some isolated examples, 

 are the Count de la Marmora and Don Juan Ramis. The former 

 states that ill- health prevented his examining these monuments 

 except in a few instances, of which he gives examples. The latter 

 does not even appear to me to have made personal inspections. To 

 these facts I attribute the very incorrect drawings and deficiency in 

 statements respecting them. The only two Englishmen in Majorca- 

 there are no resident English in Minorca — were the British Consul, 

 son of Dr. Mure, the well-known writer on Greek classical history, 

 and Mr. Waring, an engineer, nephew of Mr. Waring, the antiquary. 

 The latter, in making excavations, had found some curious Roman 

 remains, but neither gentleman had investigated the ancient remains. 

 I received great kindness from both, and much assistance from Mr. 



