By W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S. 



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Pratt, Rev. John B. [1799—1869] : Scottish divine. 



1861. The Druids ; 12mo., 96 pp. : Aberdeen. 



A useful resume. For Stonehenge see p. 26. 



Prestwich, (Sir) Jos. [1812—1896]: Geologist 

 1854. Strata .... Woolwich and Eeading Beds. 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 75 — 170 ; with four plates. 

 Believes that the " Druid Sandstones, Grey Withers, or Sarsen Stones," 

 are consolidated masses left behind by the denudation of the Tertiary 

 "Woolwich and Beading Beds," strata which formerly extended much 

 further to the west than they do now ; (see p. 123). 



Prichard, Dr. J. C. [1786 — 1848] : Physician and ethnologist. 

 1819. Egyptian Mythology ; 8vo., xviii., 427 ; appendix, 138 pp. ; 

 illustrated : London. 1838. Second Edition. 



See p. 40: — "But the most prevalent representation was that which 

 divided the physical agencies of the universe into male and female." The 

 sun's rays, storms, etc., being considered as masculine ; while " Mother 

 Earth " was the " universal goddess." Vossius has observed that this 

 idea holds a principal place in the philosophy of the ancients. [Long 

 believes that a similar idea is typified at Abury.] 



See also pp. 62 — 75 ; an able account of sun-worship and sun-festivals. 

 The deity Osiris in part represented the sun ; but solar worship was also 

 carried on independently of him by the Egyptians. 



Probert, Rev. Wm. [1790 — 1870] : Welsh antiquary. 

 1823. The Ancient Laws of Cambria: containing the insti- 

 tutional Triads of Dyvnival Moelmud, the Laws of Howel the 

 Good, etc. [Translated from the Welsh.] 8vo., 414 pp. : London. 

 The Welsh Triads (see No. 84) mention the choir of Ambrosius at Ambresbury 

 as one of the three great monasteries of Britain. And they include sup- 

 posed references to Stonehenge and Silbury Hill. 



Pugh, Wm. Owen [1759 — 1835] : Welsh antiquary. 

 1801 — 1807. Myvyrian Akchaiology of Wales ; three vols. 

 1870. Keprint (in one vol.), xxvi., 1247 : Denbigh. 

 Vol. I. gives the text of all Welsh poetry up to 1370. Vol. II. contains the 

 text of the Trioedd, the Bruts, and other prose documents of an historical 

 character. Vol. III., Didactic literature, laws, and music. 

 The Welsh text, without — unfortunately — a translation. 



Purnell, ThOS. [1834—1889] : Author. 

 1874. Stonehenge. Times, 22 Aug., p. 6. 

 More harm than good would be done by any attempt at " restoration." 

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