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six inoiiuds, nn inclosing wall or embankment, ami artificial jwnds and 

 canals. 



The wall which incloses the area on the south and west is very 

 nearly or quite 1 mile in length, and at the points where least disturbed 

 from 7 to 8 feet high aud 20 to 2.5 feet wide. The inclosed area contains 

 about 100 acres. 



The large mound (1), whicliis near the center of the inclosure and about 



300 yards from Black river, was originally about 250 feet long, 160 

 feet wide at base, and probably <•(» feet high, though jiersons Avho saw it 

 before it was disturbed say it was 75 feet liigli, with a nearly sharp 

 summit. At present it is so gashed and mutilated, having been used 

 during the war as a place for rifle jiits, that its original form can 

 scarcely be made out. It is now 45 feet high, 270 feet long, and 180 

 feet wide. The toji can be seen back of the house in Fig. 156. From the 



