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seemed to filter; that on clearing the earth from the 

 rock, they found an old Pot (I forget whether of iron or 

 earth), a Shovel, and some Tubes, through which the 

 water appeared to have been conveyed. 



At another place, at some fiat near a river, a man be- 

 gan to dig a well, and, after working to some depth, he 

 came to a large Flat Stone. This he worked out, and 

 found it to cover an old Walled Well, with water at the 

 bottom. 



I should think these to be subjects worthy of the in- 

 quiry of your friend B*****, and, if the reports were 

 found to be true, they would make a curious addition to 

 his work on American Antiquities. 



Mr. John Arndt. 

 Letter to Mr. John Heckeiuelder, dated 

 Easton f Pennsylvania J, March I6th, 

 1800. 



44. A Venus, without a head, has been found about 

 three miles from Syracuse. It is said, by connoisseurs, 

 to be far superior to the Fenus de Medicis. 



Dr. Cutbush. 

 Letter to the Editor. 



