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The elevation of this figure, as well as those of the group of 

 which it forms a part, about the head, shoulders and breast, is four 

 feet, diminishing toward the extremities, as in other cases, to one 

 foot. Bearings of the trunk, N. 85° E., the head to the east- 

 ward. Between the base of the trunk and the southern wing, a 

 mound measuring twenty one feet in diameter and five feet in 

 height is erected. Notwithstanding the grand scale upon which 

 this figure is constructed, there are no indications around or in its 

 vicinity, which would in the least convey an impression that the 

 adjacent earth had been removed, or that the material of which 

 this work was constructed had been taken therefrom. The nu- 

 merical figures along the dotted lines in the drawing, diverging 

 from a common centre upon the breast, indicate the dimensions 

 of the structure. 



Fig. 3 is the centre one of a series of mounds, fifteen in num- 

 ber, extending the distance of about three hundred yards, and 

 placed at intervals of twenty-five feet apart. It seems apparent 

 that this figure must have been originally constructed as repre- 

 sented in the drawing by the dotted lines, having at these points 

 an elevation of three feet, and that subsequently additional earth 

 was heaped upon the head, breast and end of the trunk, elevating 

 these parts three feet above the other points of the structure, now 

 measuring six feet. Bearings, N. N. W. and S. S. E. ; the head 

 to the northward. The site of this figure, upon the northeast 

 part of section thirty-five, north, and within a mile of the Wis- 

 consin River, west of fourth meridian, is a commanding swell 

 in the forest, and were it not for the lofty timber, would be an 

 eligible position for an observatory, having an interesting view 

 of the Wisconsin River for some distance above and below, and 

 of the beautiful English Prairie to the southward, which is bar- 

 ricaded as it were by magnificent bluffs, extending along the 

 river many miles. 



Fig. 4 represents the terminating figure of the same series as 

 that of fig. 3, above referred to. This figure, with the excep- 

 tion of the brush, resembles the reynard, with drooping tail ; that 

 it was really intended to represent that animal, I am not prepared 

 to say. Earth-works of this form are frequently met with in this 

 region, more especially in the forest in Richland County. For its 

 dimensions, the reader is referred to the scale accompanying the 



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