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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL 
NEW SHRIES. 
No. XXIX.—SHPTEMBER, 1860. 
ON SOME ANCIENT MOUNDS UPON THE SHORES OF 
THE BAY OF QUINTE. 
BY THOMAS CAMPBELL WALLBRIDGE. 
Read before the Canadian Institute, 3rd March, 1860. 
During the early occupation of this country by the French, there 
existed, in what is now called Upper Canada, various artificial works 
of the aboriginal races, the vestiges of which, from an archeological 
point or view, possess a certain degree of interest at the present day. 
Erected at various periods, under different circumstances, and perhaps 
by different people, what the wear of time, the plough of the hus- 
bandman, and the spade of the curiosity seeker, have spared of these 
works, will scarce serve to poimt out the objects for which they 
were constructed. This is the more to be regretted since no sys- 
' tematic exploration of them has taken place, and the only information 
we have upon the subject, in many instances, is from their acci- 
dental mention in connection with other questions. In general 
terms, however, the antiquities of this country may be said to re- 
semble those of the State of New York, which have been so ably 
described by Mr. Squier in his Aboriginal Monuments of that State ; 
but, as most of the works explored by Mr. Squier present significant 
variations, an examination of the Indian works of this country would 
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