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traced tliidugliout. A diagram showing its ])resent appearance is 

 given in Fig. .'533. It is on tbe extremity of a high spnr of land rising 

 abruptly about 100 feet above the valley, a position whicli commands 

 a magniflceiit view of Clear creek valley to the soirth and southeast. 

 This work, as Mr. Cheney states, is elliptical, the diameters .320 and 

 175 feet, but accoi'diug to the remeasurements they are 270 and 170. 

 A north and south fence crosses the work a little ea.st of the center. 

 The land on the eastern side of this has been cultivated, while that on 

 the other side has not. A break in the wall (5 feet wide at the south- 



Fia. 333. — Old fort near ElUujitou. Chautauqua couuty. New York. 



east may have been a gateway. The wall here was at the time of 

 examination 2J feet high on the exterior and li on the inside. The 

 area covered by the inclosure is ti'eeless, but large trees have evidently 

 grown ou the wall, as is shown by indications which remain, and as 

 averred by old citizens. The people of Ellington, as a rule, believe this 

 work to be of French origin, and, as they state, much digging has been 

 done here in search of sujiposed hidden treasure. The pits they have 

 made bear evidence of their search, but it could not be learned that 

 anything of interest had been found except some stone implements 



