All this bears such striking similarity to the traditions preserved among the most ancient nations in the eastern part of the world, that we cannot conceive the possibility of its having been invented in any period of the dark ages; it therefore strengthens our confidence in the general teaching of the Triads. In early Britain there were only two classes of British citizens, “the nobles and the villains,” (_i. e._, villagers). All below these were slaves. The people possessed a considerable knowledge of astronomy, of geometry and of mechanics. They were an eloquent people; an ancient historian says that their orators “sometimes step between two hostile armies, who are standing with swords drawn, and spears extended, ready to fight; and, by their eloquence, as by an irresistible enchantment, they prevent a shedding of blood.” The Britons were also acquainted with the useful arts. The houses in which they dwelt, their chariots of war, as well as a great variety of other works, prove this beyond the possibility of doubt. We notice the chariots: “Their cars were admired by the Romans, adopted by individuals for their journeys, and introduced by the public into their races. And we have a picture of one of them, sketched by a British hand, and engraven on a coin. There we see the charioteer mounted on his carriage before us, a quiver of arrows peeping over his left shoulder, and a spear protended from his left hand, his feet resting upon the pole or foot-board annexed to it, and his body leaning over the horses, in the act of accelerating their motion. And we have the description of another in Ossian, very similar in one or two particulars, and more circumstantial. It is the car of a British monarch, bending behind, drawn by a pair of horses, and embossed with sparkling stones. Its beam is of polished yew, its seat of the smoothest bone, and the sides of it are replenished with spears. Persons who could construct such vehicles, build houses and make furniture, as well as all the various offensive and defensive weapons of war, must have had no inconsiderable mechanical knowledge and skill.” THE DRUIDS. WONDERFUL RESEMBLANCE.