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Chap. VIII.

one at Kerland, in Brittany (woodcut No. 131), which, in spite of the shock such an idea will give to most people, I cannot help thinking is and always was a Christian monument.

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130.
Demi-dolmen, near Poitiers.

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131.
Demi-dolmen at Kerland.

At least it is inconceivable to me from what motive any Christian could have erected a cross on a pagan monument of this class, if it really were one. It seems, on the other hand, perfectly intelligible