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;OF THE DRUIDS.I3f^the forts in question are all of ^vl'onght stone, andoften of such large stones, asno number of mencou'd ever raise to the places they occupy, withoutthe use of engines; which engines are quite unknownto the present inhabitants, and to their ancestorsfor many ages past. There's none of thelesser iles, but has one fort at least, and they arecommonly in sight of each other: but the Dim inSt. Kilda (for so they call the old fort there) isabout 18 leagues distant from North Uist, and 20from the middle of Lewis or Harries, toonly in a very fair day like a blewish mist:be seenbut alarge fire there wou'd be visible at night, as theascending smoak by day. In this same He ofLewis (where are many such Duns) there's northof the village of Brago, a round fort compos'd ofhuge stones, and three stories high :that is, it hasthree hollow passages one over another, within aprodigious thick wall quite round the fort, withmany windows and stairs. I give this onely asan example from Dr, Martin, an eye-witness, who,with several others, mention many more suchelsewhere:yet (which is a great neglect) withoutacquainting us with their dimensions, whetherthose passages in the wall be arch'd, or with manysuch things relating to the nature of the workand omitting certain other circumstiuices, no lessnecessary to be known. I mention these forts^njy lord, not as any v,ay, that I yet know, appevtiiiningto the Druids: but, iu treating of the mo-