Be ConjeEtures on the Ufe of 
The former conje@ure is not imy probable. To - 
pafs the valley, then perhaps haaee or covered — 
with thickets, under the eye of a vigilant nt enemy, 
expecting an attack, was an ‘opera on hat r 
require a delay of fome days, and ifter all, it~ 
was impoflible to attack the poft in 
_ Tines. therefore muft have been ir 
acceffible part of the hill, near th : 
the prefent high road, and perhaps | 
point out the very place of the aff 
fuccefs of this aGion, would open t : 
Carlifle, and to the fea. | Other terta y 
on a riff ing pround 7 near Penrith, faci 
4% OT H#@) 
derable eee ratied work is very” aifting 
But no probable conjecture can be form 
fpeCting the other incidents of this oP 
Perhaps I have ventured fuffciently far ali 
No: remains of parapets are feen 0 on any 
thefe works, which have come under m 
vation, although the ramparts feem 1 
their original height, If parapets w 
added to them, they would be liable 
decay, by the action of winds and rain 
fituations fo greatly expofed. At Orton § Carte . 
from the breadth of the platform of each mamas 
part, it might be fuppofed that room ‘was given. 
for 
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