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OF THE DRUIDS. 157of tlie lliad^, filling a bumper to his motherJmio,To th' other gods, going round from right to left,Skenk'd Nectar sweet, which from full flask he pour'd.But more of the right hand in the chapter of-^//^wr?^.XVIII. To resume our discourse about theDruids houses, one of them in the iland of St.Kilda is very remarkable; and, according to thetradition of the place, must have belong'd to aDruidess. But be this as it will, it is all of stone,without lime, or mortar, or earth to cement it:'tis also arch'd, and of a conic figure; but open atthe top, and a fire place in the middle of the floor.It cannot contain above nine persons, to sit easyby each other: and from this whole description'tis clear, that the edifice call Arthur's Ove7i inSterlingshire, just of the same form and dimensions,isby no means of Roman original, whateverour antiquaries have thoughtlesly fancy'd tothe contrary.Some make it the temple of Terminus,and others a triumphal arch, when theymight as well have fancy VI it to be a hog-trough:so little is it like any of those arches. As to thehouse in St. Kilda, there go off from the side ofthe wall three low^ vaults, separated from eachother by pillars, and capable of containing fivepersons a piece. Just such another house in allrespects, but much larger, and grown over with a•Slvo^oiij yKvKv viKraf airo xpnrrpo? ct