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who should remain in their habitations. And 

 all the calamities and horrors of war were de- 

 nounced to those who should any longer dare 

 to persevere in their hostility to the British king 

 and army.* Nothing had ever appeared in 

 America, in a style so affectedly pompous, tu- 

 mid, and bombastic. Instead of producing the 

 desired effect, and frightening the people into 

 submission, the proclamation was every where 

 the subject of derision and ridicule ; and trea- 

 ted as the production of ostentatious vanity, in-, 

 solence, and folly, not at all calculated to ope- 

 rate on the hopes or the fears of the people of 

 the United States. f 



Having finished the business of speeches and 

 proclamations, the British general was employed 

 in more formidable operations. After a short 

 Stay at Crown Point for the establishment of 

 imtgazines, an hospital, and other necessary ser- 

 vices, Burgoyne moved on with his army to 

 Ticondero&-a. The state of the American fprts 

 and garrison at that place did net promise a ve- 

 ry long or vigorous defence. The old French 

 lines had indeed been strengthened with addi- 

 tional works, and a block house. On the left 

 towards lake George, other posts, with batte- 

 ries, and block houses had been erected ; ancj 

 to the right of the French lines, two new block 

 houses, and other works, had been added. On 

 the eastern shore of the inlet, and opposite to 

 Ticonderoga, the Americans had taken still 

 more pains in fortifying a high circular hill, to 

 which they had given the name of Mount In- 



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