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red almost upon the theatre in another century, of Madonongh'g 

 illustrious victory. 



^^.^The works at Ticonderoga were enlarged and improved, and a; 

 new fortress, with an exorbitant expenditure ot ten millions of 

 dollars, erected at Crown Point, near the site of Fort St. Frederic. ' 

 Each of these works, was constructed on a scale of vast and im- 

 posing magnificence. The fort and field works at Ticonderoga^ 

 spread over an area of several miles, and combined all the ele- 

 ments of strength that science and labor could accomplish. The 

 new fort at Crown Point, its trenches cut through the massive 

 rock, and its ramparts elevated twenty-five feet in height, em- 

 braced seven acres within its walls. 



The remains of these fortresses, now crumbling ruins, still 

 prove their former splendor and strength. They are now guarded 

 and preserved by private taste and intelligence, from the vandal 

 outrages which were rapidly destroying them. We may cherish 

 the hope, that the most extensive and imposing ruins in America, 

 redolent with the brightest historical associations, and becoming 

 shrouded in the venerableness of antiquity, will be perpetuated 

 to excite the admiration and to attract the pilgrimage of future 

 ages. These fields of glory are sow tilled in the peaceful pursuits 

 of husbandry. In the vicinity of Ticonderoga, balls, muskets, 

 swords, and numeroHS other relics of war, aM constantly revealed. 

 At one period, the line of the fatal abattis, might almost be traeed 

 by these dumb but significant memorials of the spot, where Che 



harvest of death had l>een the most exu}>erant. 



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The oourr'Cof thecircumvallaiions and trenches, singularly com- 

 plex and interlaced, may readily be distinguished. Part of the 

 battlements rising above the rocky elifi" are almost entire. The 

 line of the r.imparts is still traced ; the ruins of a portion of the 

 barracks remain, although private cupidity has removed much of 

 the l*rick and btone of the buildings. The bakery is in a state of 

 good preservation. At Crown Point the ruin is still better preser- 

 ved, although here thedeepijiti rest that entrances at Ticonderoga, 

 is less prof )Ufid lud excitin^^. The mounds of Fori St. Frederic are 

 yet perceptible, although fallen and dilapidated. The oven, the 

 covered way, and magazine, are easily distinguished. The fort 



