(ills SHELl. JIKAl'S ol' llAST I'J.oJaDA Wl'.l'.li. 



lien r I lie inlet :it M;it;Mi/;i I'.iir, w ;is pci liaps nscH ;is ;i IcxtUoiil ;(ii<l si ^11:1 1 

 station. A lar,u(' pnri (tl this nionnd ( IM. i,\\\i\ ) was icmoxed Iroin tlie 

 nnitlicast ])art and piled up <tii tlic rcniaindcr, forming a ])('ak about 3r» 

 Iccl lii.uli- I'^roiii tiiis point a ucod \ icw is (villained lor se\'(Mal miles 

 alonji'the level country, and an ni»])r<»acliin.ii('neiny could l)e easily sevn. 

 A co\«'i'ed \va>' or ditcli runs tVoni tlie base to the summit, thus liidiiij;' 

 those who wci'c passing from the si.i;ht of the enemy. 



As to the aji'c of these hea])s all must be lelt to conjiM'ture. I'l'ecs 

 humlreds of years old ar(^ scattered ovt'r them. All instiiiments aiul 

 iin|>lenu'nts of wood have loiifi' since perislie<l, and not e\en a tradition 

 ol them remains. 'IMie shell heajts appear to nu' older than the eartii 

 mouuds which souie times adjoin Ihem. 



