A conical house of mud and slender poles stood 

 in the larger pond. Above this pond there were 

 half a dozen pondlets, the uppermost of which 

 was formed across the brook by a semi-circular 

 dam. Over the outward ends of this dam the 

 water flowed and was caught in other ponds; 

 these in turn overflowed, the water traversing 

 two other ponds, one below the other, just above 

 the main one. Below the large pond were three 

 smaller ones in close succession. The dam of 

 each pond backed the water against the dam 

 above it. 



The dam of the main pond was two hundred 

 and thirty feet long. Each end bent upward at a 

 sharp angle and extended a number of yards up- 

 stream. This dam measured five feet at its highest 

 point, but along the greater portion was only a 

 trifle more than three feet high. The central part 

 was overgrown with sedge and willows and ap- 

 peared old ; but the extreme ends appeared new, 

 and probably had been in part constructed within 

 a few weeks. The whole dam was formed of earth 

 and slender poles. The pond formed by it was 

 one hundred and eighty feet wide, and had an 



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