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We visited the three alignments near Carnac—Ménec to the west, Kermario in the middle and Kerlescan to the east. Of these Ménec is the most extensive and the best preserved, but the menhirs in the others are larger. That these alignments are distinct from each other and are not parts of a single one is shown by several facts. They are separated by considerable intervals, the gap betweeibetween [sic] Ménec and Kermario being a thousand feet; between Kermario and Kerlescan over a quarter of a mile. Again, the rows in the different alignments run in different directions—Ménec N. 70° E., Kermario N. 57° E., and Kerlescan S. 85° E. In each alignment the rows begin with enormous stones at the west end and gradually taper down to merely good-sized rocks at the easterly ends. Then Ménec and Kerlescan begin at the