nf , 13 th ! fimpl ; ft 0r t!l , efe % ures : h is a mere outline engraved on a hard ftone, 
h nl°r Trt § ’ W c f ? 3d ft0 ° d er£ft5 but is br0ken dow "> a " d “es near the 
hamlet of Goljpe in Sutherland, a little way to the fouth of Dun-robin Caftle *. 
As D on the Maiden Stone, it is better raifed, and formed by more flowing 
-mes. Thefe are near two hundred miles diftant from each other. There are others 
in the intermediate counties. 
of L a ", d ? T !' C ton ' E is b M ° ray ’ antl is P laccd M door 
o, the lurk ol Dyk near to Bridie, a few miles wed: from Ferres, where hands the 
moftope-o of all thefe obe .Iks. F and E are richly ornamented, and may lead to 
the aliulion vvith a more finking degree of certainty. 
1 hefe emblems in general have been fuggefted to the Caledonian artifts f according 
to tne line of communication formerly alluded to) by paintings and illuminations 
“ ™ Jlpt books, brought over from the continent by the find preachers of 
Chriftianity. r 
From the earheft ages, in the Eaft, elephants were held in veneration : thev 
were the renowned warriors of ancient times. It gave immortal honour to the 
aring knight who engaged in battle, and overthrew the huge opponent. The 
prowefs of this enormous animal was juftly celebrated. It was figured with everv 
diftinguilhmg mark of grandeur and importance. The reprefen tation of it be^ 
came the emblem of dignity, and flrength, and power. 
Elephants Ihared in the_ pride and glory of the moft fplendid proceffions : the 
igure of them became the iymbol of pomp and triumph. 
At public exhibitions, in honour of Chriftianity, elephants, richly caparifoned 
often led the pageant f. This circumftance would tend to make the emblem facred. 
As the emblem of a triumphal proceilion of a Chriftian prince, it would be well re- 
prefented by fome artifts i — by others m an incorred manner) and divefted of the 
local circumftances which gave birth to the pageantry. Something of the form, 
and embroidered ornaments of ns covering, would, be preferved by the mod un- 
‘ U pe , nCI 5 ^nd when drawn with more regard to emblematical embellUhment 
than to the truth of nature, would readily fall into forms refembling thofe on the 
Caledonian monuments. ° 
When on a miflal, or book of faints and heroes, a prince with his eagle is 
figured on one page-an elephant proceffion in the „eat_a„d a S'.sindL in 
anomer; did they not naturally become the chofen fubjeds of embellilhment for 
the monument o, any perfon of eminence in Scotland, who had lately adopted and 
revered the truths of Chriftianity ? y * ana 
And it is the faft, with regard to the Caledonia, obclifks, if we find the Croft, 
FlXor , Var T T‘T ° n ‘ hC °” e fide - WC me “ ornamented 
Elephant portrayed on the other. 
* Antiquities and Scenery, p. 72. 
t Montfaucon ' s Antiquities of France, plate cel. ccli. 
