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to tliis one, but 17 ft. distant, outside of the enclosure; and out- 

 side of this again there are seven jnles of stones irregularly placed 

 and about three or four feet hiyh. Now let us turn and follow 

 along the west side of the enclosure, and we find sections of wall 

 from two to four feet high, but not continuous, for 358 feet. Then 

 the wall on the north side runs east from that, 102 feet; then from 

 here there are four heaps of stone in a stmight line right back to 

 the south wall. Just east of the cellar and pjirallel to these, but 

 100 feet away, are scattering bundles of stones, that might have 

 made i)art of the er.st wall. In the cellar we found an old |>air of 

 spike hinges, like gate hinges, ragged to [)revent their coming out 

 when driven into a post; a number of broken and partly fused glass 

 l)ottles, an<' one perfect one of an old-fasliioned mould, size 24 

 ounces; one old steel tea kettle, with cover, but the bottom broken 

 out of it; with a few other trifles. There have since been found 

 one long two-handled breast saw, almost rusted away, and a small 

 cannon ball, one and a half inches diameter. Everything showed 

 signs of having passed through a hot fire, even the stones of the 

 walls. 



Now, what is the history of these remains? 'Thv conclusion we 

 came to was this: There is reason to believe that at one time there 

 was a blazed path from Newcastle to Bathurst, and if so this 

 would be a good site for a half-way house, as it is 17 miles from 

 Newcastle and 23 from Bathurst, beautifully situated on a high 

 bank looking over a small intervale and the river. The cyclopean 

 walls (if we can use such a term, when trie stones were two feet 

 square and under to the size of your hand), dry built, might have 

 been the enclosure of the orchard or garden, the two-fold object 

 being attained of clearing the land of stones and fencing out in- 

 truders. This is all we could make out of it. We had taken a 

 kodak along, but the exposures did not develop well. 



1825. 



While speaking of the great Miramichi fire, I may just give a 

 few facts that I got from Mrs. S. Brown, whose father, Wm. 

 Creighton, passed through that thrilling experience. I consider 



