Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

44 PETER PARLEY'S
early as the time of Jacob, who is said to
have rested his head on it in the plain of
Luz, when, as you will recollect,
the anger of his brother Esau.
he fled from
It was afterwards
carried to Spain, by the Scythians,
whence it found its
way
into Ireland in the
time of Romulus and Remus,
the founders
of Rome.
Here, it seems, from all accounts,
first to have exhibited miraculous powers
making a ' prodigious noise, and being surprisingly
disturbed,' whenever a prince of
the Scythian line was seated upon it.
Peter
Parley would not have you believe any of
these marvellous legends, none of which are
true, but which are interesting nevertheless,
as they serve to show in what manner the