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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



the outside, 3 on the inside, and U wide. The ditch averages 3 feet 

 deep and runs from the western side, around the northern to the north- 

 east corner. On the north side the hill is less steep than on the other 

 sides. On the east it is quite stoei) and there is scarcely a doubt that 

 the Genesee once washed its base; its jiresent channel is nearly 100 

 rods away. The wall terminates near the northeast corner, there 

 being no necessity for it along the east side. The south side being- 

 less precipitous has the wall extending along its edge. A passage- 

 way is feet wide leads through the western eml to the level spur, 

 whence the descent is easy to the land below. There is a similar open- 

 ing at the noi'theast corner facing the easier slope at that point. The 

 length of the work is 272 feet. 



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Fig. 335. — Inclosure on Dunn farm, Wyomiu;r county, New York. 



Northeast of the center is a circular i)it 7 feet in diameter and 3 feet 

 deep; it was originally much deeper and lined with cobblestones, but 

 has been partially fllled up. This was partly excavated some years 

 ago, but without any further results than the Mndingof a few grains of 

 corn, which suggest its use as a cache. No relics have been discovered 

 in the iuclosure except a couple of large stone net-sinkers. 



It is stated by Mr. Dunn that a mound once stood in the low, flat 

 meadow, 25 rods north of this hill. A i)estle, a " spoon-like" stone im- 

 jjlement, and some fragmentary human bones wei'e found in it. 



LIVINGSTON COUNTY. 



An effort was made to find the work at Avon referred to by Col. W. 

 H. Hosmer in " Yonnomlio," but no one in the vicinity seemed to know 

 anything about it. If it ever existed no trace of it remains to-day. 



