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their presumptuous enterprize; and, wonderful and 
awful to relate, within one month from the commence- 
ment of their attempt, some by accident ; some by sudden 
death ; and some by violent fevers; all paid with their lives 
the penalty of their covetous and most presumptuous 
attempt. Oh! that this most veracious legend were uni- 
versally published, as a warning to all wanton mutilators of 
ancient earthworks. 
