Extract from a Letter to Rev, James Douglas, 



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to fortify his house at Werdour (Wardour), and the grant has, in 

 addition to the usual permission, " crenellare, et castrum inde facere/' 

 the castle, no doubt, afterwards so nobly defended by Lady Blanche 

 Arundel, and of which the picturesque remains are still to be seen. 



Edward Peacock. 



ttatt from a Jttter &g Jjf& Cmramjgtott, 

 $3$<> to |ames gonglas, ^tttjjM 

 of "Jtotta Jjntatratta" 



©n tfje prostrate Stone (tfje " Slaughtering Stone ") 

 at Stoneljenge. 



" I have spent a day and a half at Stonehenge, chiefly with Sir 

 R. C. Hoare. I made the men dig under the prostrate stone so as 

 to examine it thoroughly, and I have now Sir R. C. Hoare, Mr. 

 Crocker, and an Irish gentleman who was present, to attest the fact 

 that the aforesaid stone was originally placed in an erect position. 

 That part of the stone which stood in the ground was rough, but 

 those parts which were exposed were chipped smooth like the others. 

 The hollow in which the stone now lies was occasioned by digging 

 often to see what was under it." 



Heyteshury, April, 1810. 



