"The Druids must have taken a great deal of pains, Sir," said Emma, "to rear the immense structures which they did. Papa was telling us, some time since, of Stonehenge, which, I believe, is part of a vast Druidical temple."

"I think this was the case. I apprehend Stukely is correct, when he endeavours to prove that it was the metropolitan Druidical temple. It was customary with the Druids, to place one large stone on another, for a religious memorial; and these were often placed in such a way, that even a breath of wind would make them vibrate."

"I should like to see Stonehenge, papa."

"Perhaps you may, some time or other. It is composed of two circles, and two ovals. The outer circle is one hundred and eight feet in diameter, consisting, when entire, of sixty stones, thirty uprights, and thirty imposts; of which there now remain twenty-four uprights only, seventeen standing, and seven down, three feet and a half asunder, and eight imposts. Eleven uprights have their five imposts on them by the grand entrance: these stones are from thirteen to twenty feet high."

"The circle we have seen to-day, papa, is nothing then to Stonehenge."

"True, Edwin, that must have been a stupendous structure. The smaller circle is some

what more than eight feet from the inside of the outer one, and consisted of forty smaller stones, the highest measuring about six feet; nineteen of which only now remain, and eleven only are standing. The walk between these two circles is three hundred feet in circumference. The adytum, or cell, is an oval formed of ten stones, from sixteen to twenty-two feet high, in pairs; and with imposts above thirty feet high, rising in height as they go round, and each pair separate, and not connected as the outer pair; the highest eight feet. Within these are nineteen other smaller single stones, of which six only are standing. At the upper end of the cell is the altar, a large slab of blue, coarse marble, twenty inches thick, sixteen feet long, and four broad: it is pressed down by the weight of the vast stones which have fallen upon it. The whole number of stones, uprights and imposts, comprehending the altar, is one hundred and forty.

"Yes, Emma, it must have cost immense labour to have reared this vast structure. Superstition, and false religion, have not spared pains or expense to establish and to propagate their absurdities. There is a nation which gave 'large money' to a band of soldiers, to make current the most outrageous falsehood which ever was fabricated. The servants of

Satan liberally devote their property to their master's honour, and to the advancement of his accursed empire. And ought the servants of the most High God to be more sparing of their labour and property, in their exertions for the advancement of immortal truth, and for the enlargement of the kingdom of holiness, of happiness, and of love? Forbid it justice, decency, humanity! We ought not to grudge any labour or expense to extend Christianity, a system which so eminently diffuses the sacred principles mentioned in the angelic hymn, 'Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, and good will towards men.'

"There is a magnificent society, formed by Christians of different denominations, for the diffusion of the Scriptures. There will be a meeting of the friends to this institution in a few weeks, in this neighbourhood. If possible, you shall be present on the occasion."

to bid the servants send for me. I went immediately; but he was delirious, and did not know me. I am now in his bed-chamber. Our medical friend is in constant attendance: the ball is extracted; but he gives me very little hope that he can survive many days.

"This heavy blow has come from the hands of his most intimate companion; for whose detestable society he has sacrificed the friendship of a brother who ardently loved him, and all the kindness and tenderness of a mother, whose life, I fear, is yet bound up in his. Truly, the friendship of the wicked is but of little value.

"Often have I predicted some fatal result of his friendship with those abandoned young men. Often, very often, night and day, have I planned schemes to rescue him from the whirlpool which I feared would devour him. But they have been all in vain: he has fallen into it, and I fear he is lost for ever.

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weep, and pray. My Pray for me, my dear sympathize with and

Sleep has fled from my eyes. I can do nothing but watch, and heart is almost broken. brother; and haste to help me.

"The loss of my ever-honoured husband was a great one. I have not yet recovered it. But that was nothing to this. This, my dear