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Title: Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa
Year: 1810 (1810s)
Authors: Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822 Walpole, Robert, 1781-1856
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Publisher: London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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the Island, nowcalled St. Kilda, goes under the name of Hyrt.— Macaulays Hist, of St. Kilda,p. 110. Lond. 1764. See also Martins Voyage to St. Kilda, p. 11. Land. 1753. (2) To which island Tacitus may possibly aliude, in the words Est insula Oceani;since it is evident, that he is here digressing, to speak of an object remote from thescene of his general description. (3) The author saw at St. Kilda a subterraneous cell, or chapel, of Heathen origin;and Macaulay, speaking of the Pagan superstitions of the inhabitants, says, Theyhare forgotten the name of the Divinity to whom the ground belongs; but, like theold Athenians, worship their Unknown God. Hist. St. Kilda, p. go. (4) See DAnvilles Antient Geography, p. 121. Lond. \yg\. (5) DAnville, ibid. This encroachment happened, according to DAnville, in theyears 800, or 1300, or thereabouts. (6) The author is indebted for this Map to the kindness of his friend, Sir WilliamCell. It was found in Heligoland, and there copied by Mr. Atkins.
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HELIGOLAND. 9 seen what the island was in the seventh, at the end of the CHAP-l-thirteenth, and in the seventeenth centuries; and the gradualdestruction, which has reduced an extensive territory to itspresent inconsiderable state, may be duly traced. In theyear 692, there was a Temple of Vesta, near the mouth ofa river that fell into a haven upon its northern side; also aTemple of Jupiter, near the mouth of another river upon thenorthern coast. Other temples, dedicated to Mars, and to adivinity called Fosta or Phoseta, existed in the eighth century.The situation of the Temple of Mars, at the source of oneof the rivers, and of the IIel gen Wold, Hilliger JVolde, orHoly Forest, were towards the East. After the introductionof Christianity, there were monastical establishments in thelowlands more towards the south of the island; and of these,the names of St. Elberts Cloister, and a Chapel of Wigbertus,together with the situation of two regal citadels or castles,are pointed out in the Map.

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