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the Bay, is in a perfect state of preservation. It is rather 
above the level of the marsh, and those who would wish 
to see it, should pass on the road to Cambridge, until they 
arrive at a cross road, which leads to the bank of the river; ~ 
by foilowing the course of the stream, they may arrive at 
this battery, without crossing the marsh, whichis its north- 
ern boundary and difficult to pass. Marshall places two 
batteries in this situation, but I could find only the one 
noticed above. 
12. Brookline Fort, or, as it is called in the annals of the 
Revolution, the Fort on Sewall’s Point, was very exten- 
sive, and would be still perfect, were it not for the road 
which divides it into two nearly equal parts, with this ex- 
ception, the ramparts, and an irregular bastion, which 
commanded the entrance of Charles river, are entire. 
The fort was nearly quadrangular, and the fortifications 
stronger than many of the other positions of the American 
army. 
13. 4 Battery, on the southern shore of Muddy river, 
with three embrasures, is only slightly injured. The ram- 
parts and the fosse were adorned, when [ saw them, with 
the beautiful leaves and the red fruit of the sumach, and 
with the dark red foliage of the oak. 
14. A Redoubt placed by Marshall to the westward of 
this position could not be discovered, nor three others, 
placed on the map between Stony brook and the Forts at _ 
Roxbury : perhaps the researches were not sufficiently ac- 
curate, 
Two hundred yards north of the ower Fort at Roxbu- 
ry, near the spot on which the meeting-house now stands 
was an intrenchment which, I am informed by Gen. Sum- 
ner, was levelled many years ago. 
15. Forts at Roxbury. If itis possible that any person 
should feel indifferent about the fortresses which achiev- 
ed the independence of the Eastern States of America, a 
visit to these Forts will immediately recall to his mind all 
those associations which are so intimately combined with 
that proud period of American history. The lower Fort 
