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hallowed above all others by tradition and association, where, 
as at Scone and Tara, its chief must receive the kingdom. 
This very Harold, of whom we speak, says, " He must go to 
Yiburg thing, and get himself proclaimed king of Denmark." 
As to local things, we have " Law-ton," or, Laughton-en-le- 
Morthing, in this Southern district. I believe it would 
much help to elucidate our history if we looked about more 
closely for these leading places, memorable in olden time, 
around which are grouped and gathered all the interest and 
tradition of each separate race. There are strong testimonies 
everywhere to this ancient custom. 
We shall find as we go on how important its bearings on 
the subject ; thus Mr. W. F. Skene, on the coronation stone, 
traces its history to the earliest period : — " The kings of 
Scotland, first of the Pictish monarchy, and afterwards of the 
Scottish kingdom . . . were inaugurated on this stone, 
which was never anywhere but at Scone, the sedes principalis 
of the Pictish and Scottish kingdom. The stone seems to 
have been eight centuries at Scone, before it was removed to 
England, 1296." 
Travels in Dolomite Mountains, by J. Gilbert. — Carinthia, 
" at Karnberg, six miles north of Klagenfurth, its capital, is 
a stone block, on which the dukes of the country sat when 
installed. A little farther off stands the most ancient church 
in Carinthia, and thither, after installation, the duke repaired 
to hear mass, viz. the old church of Maria Saal, where the 
second rite of investiture was performed ; and at no great 
distance is the Hezrogs Stuhl, where the sovereign princes 
seated themselves to receive the homage of their vassals, and 
take the oath to administer justice impartially, and there 
stands that coronation seat, though the race of rulers for 
whom it was intended is vanished. It is of the rudest 
construction, consisting of hard unpolished slabs. This 
venerable relic stands in the midst of an open common." 
