CHAPTER III

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THE DRUIDS.

Interior of an old British forest--Druidical sacrifice--Their treasures--Their mysterious rites and ceremonies--The power they possessed--Their belief in a future state--Their wild superstitions--An arch-Druid described--Their veneration for the mistletoe--Description of the Druids offering up sacrifice --The gloomy grandeur of their ancient groves--Contrast between the idols of the Druids and the heathen gods of the Romans p. 17

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