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ANCIENT M N U M E N T S . 



summit, to people it with the strange priesthood of ancient superstition, and fill its 

 avenues and line its walls with the thronging devotees of" a mysterious worship. 

 Whatever may have been the divinity of their belief, order, symmetry, and design 

 were among his attributes ; if, as appears most likely, the works that most strongly 

 exhibit these features were dedicated to religious purposes, and were symbolical 

 in their design. 



About one mile to the west of this work are a number of mounds, some of 

 considerable size, and also a small circular work, D, of exquisite symmetry and 

 proportion. It consists of an embankment of earth five feet high by thirty feet base, 

 with an interior ditch twenty-five feet across by six feet deep, enclosing an area 

 ninety feet in diameter, in the centre of M'hich rises a mound eight feet high by 

 forty feet base. A narrow gateway through the parapet, and a causeway over the 

 ditch, lead to the enclosed mound. 



Fic. 19 — CIRCLE AND MOT'XD. GREENl'P COUNTY. KENTUCKY. 



The above view, taken on the spot, will illustrate the appearance of this class 

 of works. Nothing can exceed their regularity and beauty, when clothed with 

 turf or covered with forest trees. 



PLATE XXIX. No. 1. 



AXCIENT WORKS, MONTGOMERY ('OIT\TY, OHIO.* 



These works are situated on the east bank of the Great Miami river, six miles 

 below Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio. They are l)Milt upon the second bottom 

 or terrace, which is here nearly a mile liroad, and elevated about twenty feet above 

 the river. The plan of the group coincides very nearly with that of some of the 



* From ttiP Survpy nn<\ N'nlcs of .Iamf.^^ MfRRiiiK. Esq. 



