The general identity, in idea and design, of the ancient monuments of southern and western Europe with those of Hindostan, was shown and illustrated by drawings of cairns, barrows, kist-vaens, cromlechs, circles of stones, and obelisks, or, as they are frequently called, standing stones, as found in both regions. The connection between the inhabitants of these regions was further shown by the physical conformation of the races, by the similarity of many of their manners, customs, and observances, and by the decided and extensive affinity of the Celtic, and other languages of western Europe, with the Sanscrit.