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ancestors are reputed to have wielded them . This circumstance , however , is not solely applicable to Europe ; for by our later discoverieiTwe learn , that the Americans ( particularly those of Peru ) unaided _ b y engines we apply to these purposes , have raised up such vast stones in building their temples and fortresses , as the . architect of the present times would , perhaps , not hazard the attempt to remove . One may , however , conceive that perseverance , united with strengthmiht be enabled to such immense stones from one lace

, g convey p to another , by means of the lever and artificial banks . . Down tlie shpss of these they mig ht cause them to slide , and afterwards set them upright by letting them down into perpendicular pits ; having , by the same means , placed their transoms on them , they mig ht clear away the mound which they had raised . I shall quit the discussion of the Cromlech . with the conclusion , that most probably they were ' tumuli honorabiliores '—that they were the appropriated jnonuments of chief Druids , or of princes ; and this is confirmed by the

appellation of the famous Cromlech in Kent , known by the name of Ket ' s Coilyhouse , being the sepulchral monument , or quoil , over the body of Catigeon , 3 British Prince , who was slain in a battle , fought with the Saxons near Aylesford , in the year 4 . 55 . " _ - In our next vie shall g ive a review of the remaining contents of this very respectable collection , * Jhe Proceedings of the Gsvernor and Assembly of Jamaica in regard to the Murom Negroes : published by Qrder of Ihe Assembly . To which is p refixed , An Introductory Account ,

containing Observations ml the'Disbosilion , Character , Manners , and Habits of Life , of the Maroons , and a Detail of the Origin , Progress , and Termination of the lats War between those People and lie While Inhabitants . Svo . Pages 200 . price 5 s . Stockdale . THIS work is the production of Mr . Bryan Edwards , the well-known author of the History of the West Indies . An advertisement prefixed informs us , that it was originally compiled to gratify public curiosity , but that it is now given to the world from another motive , viz . to enable it to judge

correctly of the proceedings of the government of Jamaica with respect to the late Maroon war , The Maroons were a part of the Spanish slaves , who , in 16 55 , when Jamaica was conquered by the English , remained in the mountains and fastnesses of the island , and from their retreats continually distarbed and harassed the British settlers . Their numbers were , at various times , increased by fugitive slaves ; aud in 1730 they were grown so formidable as to threaten the

destruction of the whole colony . An almost constant war was carried on between the planters and them till 173 S , when Mr . Trelawney , the then governor , made overtures of peace , which they accepted ; by which -. 1500 acres of land were assigned to them and their posterity for ever . This treaty happily put an end to the tedious and ruinous contest . Thus far Mr . Edward ' s account is extracted from Long ' s History of Jamaica ; but be continues the narrative from where that writer left off ; and , after some pertinent remarks on the character and manners of tiie Maroons , traces all their subsequent revolts to their proper origin .

' The clause in the treaty , by which these people were compelled to reside within certain boundaries in the interior country ,-apart from all other negroes , was founded , probably , on the apprehension that , by suffering them to intermix with the negroes in slavery , the example which they would thereby continuall y present of successful hostility , might prove contagious , and create in the minds of the slaves an impatience of subordination , and a disposition for revolt : but time has abundantly proved that it was an illjudged and a fatal regulation . The Maroons , instead of being established

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ancestors are reputed to have wielded them . This circumstance , however , is not solely applicable to Europe ; for by our later discoverieiTwe learn , that the Americans ( particularly those of Peru ) unaided _ b y engines we apply to these purposes , have raised up such vast stones in building their temples and fortresses , as the . architect of the present times would , perhaps , not hazard the attempt to remove . One may , however , conceive that perseverance , united with strengthmiht be enabled to such immense stones from one lace

, g convey p to another , by means of the lever and artificial banks . . Down tlie shpss of these they mig ht cause them to slide , and afterwards set them upright by letting them down into perpendicular pits ; having , by the same means , placed their transoms on them , they mig ht clear away the mound which they had raised . I shall quit the discussion of the Cromlech . with the conclusion , that most probably they were ' tumuli honorabiliores '—that they were the appropriated jnonuments of chief Druids , or of princes ; and this is confirmed by the

appellation of the famous Cromlech in Kent , known by the name of Ket ' s Coilyhouse , being the sepulchral monument , or quoil , over the body of Catigeon , 3 British Prince , who was slain in a battle , fought with the Saxons near Aylesford , in the year 4 . 55 . " _ - In our next vie shall g ive a review of the remaining contents of this very respectable collection , * Jhe Proceedings of the Gsvernor and Assembly of Jamaica in regard to the Murom Negroes : published by Qrder of Ihe Assembly . To which is p refixed , An Introductory Account ,

containing Observations ml the'Disbosilion , Character , Manners , and Habits of Life , of the Maroons , and a Detail of the Origin , Progress , and Termination of the lats War between those People and lie While Inhabitants . Svo . Pages 200 . price 5 s . Stockdale . THIS work is the production of Mr . Bryan Edwards , the well-known author of the History of the West Indies . An advertisement prefixed informs us , that it was originally compiled to gratify public curiosity , but that it is now given to the world from another motive , viz . to enable it to judge

correctly of the proceedings of the government of Jamaica with respect to the late Maroon war , The Maroons were a part of the Spanish slaves , who , in 16 55 , when Jamaica was conquered by the English , remained in the mountains and fastnesses of the island , and from their retreats continually distarbed and harassed the British settlers . Their numbers were , at various times , increased by fugitive slaves ; aud in 1730 they were grown so formidable as to threaten the

destruction of the whole colony . An almost constant war was carried on between the planters and them till 173 S , when Mr . Trelawney , the then governor , made overtures of peace , which they accepted ; by which -. 1500 acres of land were assigned to them and their posterity for ever . This treaty happily put an end to the tedious and ruinous contest . Thus far Mr . Edward ' s account is extracted from Long ' s History of Jamaica ; but be continues the narrative from where that writer left off ; and , after some pertinent remarks on the character and manners of tiie Maroons , traces all their subsequent revolts to their proper origin .

' The clause in the treaty , by which these people were compelled to reside within certain boundaries in the interior country ,-apart from all other negroes , was founded , probably , on the apprehension that , by suffering them to intermix with the negroes in slavery , the example which they would thereby continuall y present of successful hostility , might prove contagious , and create in the minds of the slaves an impatience of subordination , and a disposition for revolt : but time has abundantly proved that it was an illjudged and a fatal regulation . The Maroons , instead of being established

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