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the oblong square measured the same.’—At about twenty-four Feet from the 
Southern End of the said Foundation, towards the Middle of the area thereof, 
he observed a large Heap of Stones, with some Bricks of a light yellow 
colour which measured eight Inches long—four broad—and one Inch and four- 
tenths in Thickness; which Heap of Stones and Bricks—evidently appeared to 
have resulted from the tumbling down of a Stack of Chimnies?; and (upon 
removing the upper part of the Rubbish) was regularly bedded in a stiff light 
coloured clayey mortar: as in like manner, was the whole of the said Founda- 
tion.—Some of the Stones about this supposed Chimney-Heap appeared black, 
as if burnt on one Side:—There was, also, some Charcoal about the said 
Heap, that appeared in its usual Form; but easily crumbled, when squeezed 
between the Fingers, as rotten:—there was, also, (about the said Heap) some 
pieces of very hard burnt Earthen Ware.—And this Deponent further saith 
that he took some Bricks from under a Cedar and Fir Tree (whilst the people 
were grubbing and pulling them down) which trees measured from ten to 
twelve Inches through at their But:—there were, besides, Wind Falls of rot- 
ten Trees, over the said Foundation, about eighteen or twenty Inches in 
Diameter; and various Roots of Trees that had insinuated themselves between 
-almost all the Stones of the said Foundation to the Earth, beneath.— 
2nd. In the Direction of about South by West (by his pocket compass) 
from the above mentioned chimney pile, Distance from seventy to eighty 
Feet, he observed another like pile of Stones and Brick,’ to all appearance as 
the former, and bedded in like Manner with clayey mortar of same light or 
bluish colour—that had evidently the same appearance of a tumbled chimney 
—with Roots of Trees interwoven.— 
srd. That from this last mentioned pile of to appearance tumbled chim- 
nies, in Direction (by his pocket compass) of about West by North, Distance 
‘seventy or eighty feet,‘ he observed another pile of Stones ; which, in every 
particular, resembled the former.— 
4th. From this last mentioned pile, he found another Heap of Stones in 
the Direction (from the preceeding) of South by West, Distance about thirty 
or forty feet®; for the pile covered so much Space as to render it difficult to 
measure the exact Distance: This Heap of Stones, &c., resembled in every 
particular the former, as described and, like them, evidently appeared the 
Result of a tumbled chimney. 
5th. Everywhere they dug about the Island, they found nought else but a 
sandy hungry soil, above and beneath for the Depth of from three to six 
Feet—then Rock.— 
6th. He observed a remarkable Ridge of Rocks, somewhat to the South- 
ward of the above mentioned Foundations, and runing some distance athwart, 
or across the Island.— 
jth. The Sea-Coast around the Island is very rocky—except at its South 
End (opposite a small Peninsula) where is a high sloping Sand Bluff, and 


1 Evidently the storehouse. 
? De Monts’s own house apparently. There is some difficulty in homolo- 
gizing the distances and direction of the ruins given by Wright with the 
locations of the buildings on Champlain’s plan (Fig. 9), but it is to be 
remembered that both are only approximate. 
’ Apparently the house T of Champlain’s plan (Fig. 9). 
* Apparently the house E of Champlain’s plan. 
5 Apparently the dwelling of Champlain, P on the plan. 
