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opinion that the large stones at Stonehenge were the original 

 stones, but his own opinion was the reverse. There were a great 

 many points to which he might refer in connection with the paper 

 they had heard, but he did not then feel able to enlarge upon them. 



Mr. Picton said he had listened with very great pleasure to Dr. 

 Phene's paper. Dr. Phene had treated the subject in a very clear 

 manner, and he thought his views were accurate and convincing. 

 There was a striking analogy between the circle shewn on the 

 photograph before them and Stonehenge. He agreed with the 

 previous speakers that the large stones were erected after the smaller 

 ones, and he expressed an opinion that they might have been placed 

 there by the Britons after they had learnt mechanical skill from the 

 Romans, and it was possible that they had the help of the Romans 

 in mortising them. 



Mr. W. Cunnington pointed out that the most important point 

 in connection with the smaller stones of Stonehenge was the fact 

 that in no part of Great Britain was there any stone to be found of 

 the same description. The nearest sort of stone to them was that 

 near Edinburgh. Professor Maskelyne and others had examined 

 them most minutely, and it was absolutely clear that there were 

 three or four sorts of stone at Stonehenge which did not exist in 

 England. 



Dr. Phene said that Dr. Fergusson got over the difficulty, for he 

 suggested the direct course of the design at least was from Africa ; 

 and in proof of the fact that sacred stones had been brought from 

 abroad in ancient times, Dr. Phene gave a description of a piece of 

 Assyrian sculpture, which, he said, had been dug up on the estate 

 of Lord Mount Edgcumbe in Devonshire, pointing out that, for 

 his own part, he saw nothing improbable in the Phoenicians, or those 

 associated with them, bringing their gods to lands where they effected 

 settlements, and that the worship of such stones by many nations 

 in early times was undisputed. 



Earl Nelson then wound up the discussion, and expressed a hope 

 that it would be resumed on the spot the following day. 



