Chapter XII

I have represented Mago as sacrificing in a dolmen in the
form of a covered avenue below a tumulus. The details are
drawn from Bourguignat's _Monuments mégalithiques du nord de
l'Afrique_. M. Daux also gives a description of a similar
temple. I profess, however, that I am very far from accepting
Bourguignat's theory about rude stone monuments being arranged
in the form of serpents, scorpions, and other figures; I am
altogether mistrustful of the accounts of prehistoric temples,
and am quite of Fergusson's opinion, that these monuments are
comparatively modern.--_Page 202._

_Atlantides._--To my mind there is nothing improbable in the
idea of the existence of an inland sea in Algeria which is
suggested by the text. I cannot, however, say so much for the
existence of Atlantis, but while speaking of the migrations of
the Libyans, it seemed consistent to mention all the ancient
traditions that relate to them.--_Page 203._