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 It was brought to light by a Farmer, who obſerving his Plough obſtructed by ſomething, through which the Share could not make its Way, ordered his Servants to remove it. This was not effected without ſome Difficulty, the Stone being Three Feet Four Inches Deep, and Four Feet Square in the Superficies, and conſequently of a Weight not eaſily manageable. However, by the Application of Levers, it was at Length raiſed, and conveyed to a Corner of the Field, where it lay for ſome Months entirely unregarded: Nor perhaps had we ever been made acquainted with this venerable Relict of Antiquity, had not our good Fortune been greater than our Curioſity.

A Gentleman, well known to the learned World, and diſtinguiſhed by the Patronage of the Mæcenas of Norfolk, whoſe Name, was I permitted to mention it, would excite the Attention of my Reader, and add no ſmall Authority to my Conjectures, obſerving, as he was walking that Way, that the Clouds began to gather and