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FRANCE.

Chap. VIII.

at Mettray looks too like a finished monument for any one to fancy its builders wished it hid.

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Dolmen near Mettray. From Gailhabaud.

126.

Dolmen of Krukenho.

The more usual form of French dolmens is either square or slightly in excess of that form, seldom reaching two squares in plan, and with a height equal to its breadth. One of the finest specimens[1] of a monument of this class is in the middle of the

  1. ↑ The woodcut is from a publication privately printed by Dr. Blair and Mr. Ronalds.
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