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Anftvers to Sir Richard BuIkeleyV Qneries rela^ 
ting to the Giants Caufway^ wrote down when 
we were upon the Caufway. 
Quer. I- ¥ II JHether any of the Pillars are Hexagons^ 
V V or whether there le any Squares y er 
whether they he all Pentagons only <? 
Anfw, The Piilars are compoftd of Stones which (land 
one upon another, fome half a Foot, others a Foot, o- 
thers a Foot and half, and two Foot thick ; which are 
moft either Pentagons or Hexagons all of them irregu- 
lar, we faw no Squares, and but a few Heptagons. 
1. Whether any of thofe Pillars have JoyntSy and 
which have not .<? 
Anjw, AW the Pillars are compofed of diflind pieces, 
which we may call Joynts, that lye upon one another 
as ciofe as 'cis poffible for Stones to lye. 
Q^]. Whether the Natural tops of thefe Pillars have 
any gravings upon them^ or ftriate lines^ or are naturally 
fmooth .<? 
Anfw. The tops of the Pillars have no gravings or 
ftriate lines; thofe which are often covered with the Sea, 
are made finooth by the watliing of it,* but thofe nearer 
the Land are flat and rough : Some of the tops are now 
Concave, and fome Convex | but we fuppofe their Na- 
tural tops, which were rough and flat, are waihed or 
blown off. 
(^4. Whether there le any Regularity in the fides of 
the Cylinders of the fever al forts of Cylinder s^and whether 
the (ides he not very unequal^ fome very hroad^ and fome 
very narrow, as in the Planes of Cry Hals ? 
Anfvo. The fides of the Pillars are from top to bot- 
tom very fmooth, but thofe fides are of unequal lengths, 
however they anfwer the fides of the Pillars that 
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