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The. Stone of the Field of Lamentation, near the.
City of Doi, in Eornutndy.
qp .
X ms is a single stone, standing in the midst of an
orchard; it is between forty and fifty feet high ; its cir-
cumference near the base, equals its height. There are
no certain accounts when, or on what occasion it was
erected; but the traditions-relative to it, are equally nu-
merous and contradictory. “ I had,” says the relator, “ in
1779, the pleasure to see and converse with the gentle-
man, on whose estate it is situated. He said, the most
approved opinion was, that Julius Caesar had caused it
to be erected as a trophy, to mark the extent of his con-
quests, after a bloody engagement, which he gained over
the inhabitants of Armorica. The peasants are fully
persuaded that the Devil set it up, in one of his idle
hours; but added he, I have myself caused the earth
to be removed round its base, to the distance of forty
feet on every side; and I find that it joins to a prodi-
gious rock, from which it seems to have sprung ; so that
1 am induced to think, notwithstanding its name, that it
may be a natural production.”
Ex t /'(i 01 ■ din a ry B1 it t i i .
I bout the beginning of February jl76'4, a girl was
born near Toulon, in France, whose whole face resem-
bled a hare, excepting her ears; she was otherwise fair
and well shaped. Her mother declares, that at the be-
ginning of pregnancy she had a strong inclination to eat
ti e raw heart of a hare, which her husband brought
home one day, but could not prevail with herself to
make known her desires. Another very remarkable fact,
comes autbenciated from the same quarter. The wife of
i 3 a con-
The. Stone of the Field of Lamentation, near the.
City of Doi, in Eornutndy.
qp .
X ms is a single stone, standing in the midst of an
orchard; it is between forty and fifty feet high ; its cir-
cumference near the base, equals its height. There are
no certain accounts when, or on what occasion it was
erected; but the traditions-relative to it, are equally nu-
merous and contradictory. “ I had,” says the relator, “ in
1779, the pleasure to see and converse with the gentle-
man, on whose estate it is situated. He said, the most
approved opinion was, that Julius Caesar had caused it
to be erected as a trophy, to mark the extent of his con-
quests, after a bloody engagement, which he gained over
the inhabitants of Armorica. The peasants are fully
persuaded that the Devil set it up, in one of his idle
hours; but added he, I have myself caused the earth
to be removed round its base, to the distance of forty
feet on every side; and I find that it joins to a prodi-
gious rock, from which it seems to have sprung ; so that
1 am induced to think, notwithstanding its name, that it
may be a natural production.”
Ex t /'(i 01 ■ din a ry B1 it t i i .
I bout the beginning of February jl76'4, a girl was
born near Toulon, in France, whose whole face resem-
bled a hare, excepting her ears; she was otherwise fair
and well shaped. Her mother declares, that at the be-
ginning of pregnancy she had a strong inclination to eat
ti e raw heart of a hare, which her husband brought
home one day, but could not prevail with herself to
make known her desires. Another very remarkable fact,
comes autbenciated from the same quarter. The wife of
i 3 a con-