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lu a few places B, D, the openiugs appear to be washed away in 

 gutters. At about 20 poles east from the gate through which the State 

 road runs are two mounds, M' M", about 10 feet 8 inches in height, 

 the road running through tlu'iu nenrly r(iiii(list;nit from pjicli otlnM'. 





From these mounds are gutteis running nearly north and south, that 

 appear to be artificial, and made to communicate with the branches on 

 each side. Northeast from the mound, on the plain, are two roads, 

 about 1 pole wide, elevated about 3 feet, and which run nearly parallel 

 about one-fourth of a mile, and then form an irregular semicircle round 

 a small mound, M. Near the southwest end of the fortification are three 

 circular roads, between 30 and 40 poles in length, cut out of the preci- 

 pice between the wall and the river; the Mall is made of earth. 



Several of these openings have evidently been occasioned by the 

 water which had collected on the inside unt'l it overflowed the walls 

 and wore itself a i)assage. 



In several other places the walls might never have been comi)leted, 



