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Accotmt of an I/ifcrlhed Rock at 'D'lghton, 



The moufe was of the fpecies, called by the Count de Buf- 

 foil, the long t ailc d Jl eld moiife ^ or with us, from its fliape, colour 



and activity, the deer moufe. 



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There was no 



appearanc 



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broken up, nor wa£ there any communication from this fub- 



. fiance with the external air, or furrounding earth. In fliort; 



we faw^ no reafon to doubt that the moufe had been immur- 



ed for a century. - - . ^' ^ ^ . .. . „ 



Signed m prcfence of 



DAVID ANDREWS. , 



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Oliver Fiske 



Worcefcr^ March 3<^, 1S03. 



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Account of an Infcribed Rocky at Dighton, in the Commojiwealth 

 .■-.. of Majfachtfetts, accompanied with a copy of the Lfcription, 



" ^j' |AMES WINTHROP,'i^._ 



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N Taunton river, about fix miles below the tow^n of 



Taunton, and within the limits of Dighton, is'aTock contSn- 

 ing an hieroglyphicj l infcription, which has long engaged tliJ 



attention of the curfous. The* rock' is on tlie eafleln fide of 

 the river, upon the beach, and the infcribed fide fronts about 

 north wefterly. At the lowell tides the* water retires from the 

 foot of it, but at high water it is commonly covered. The' 



longed fide contains the infcription, and looks' towa 



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the 



channel of the 



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al face t)f the rock 



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