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thorough examination of the locality. His report is sub- 
stantially as follows :— 
‘From the appearance of the ground at the base of the 
tree, I think there must have been a hut there at one time. 
There are three mounds of earth forming as many sides of 
a square. Those forming the two sides, east and west, are 
about sixteen feet long, while the mound at the north end 
is about twelve feet long. They are all about two feet high. 
At the southern end of the square there is no mound, the 
N. 
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Stump. 
earth being at natural level, while at four feet from the 
probable line of this end, is the stump of the tree from 
which the blaze was taken. The land to the south rises 
gradually for one hundred yards, while to the north, for 
about the same distance, it slopes down towards a small 
stream where there is every indication of an old beaver 
dam. The land around it is in heavy bush, and no doubt 
a century and a half ago, it was in that condition for miles 
around. I made inquiries of old inhabitants if there were 
ever any boundary lines near here, and I found there were 
none. At present, the location is a full mile from the 
boundary line dividing the parishes of St. Augustin and St. 
Scholastique, and the Seigniory boundary of the Sewinary 
of St. Sulpice and the Globensky Seigniory, while it is just 
about the center of the County of Two Mountains.” He 
also dug on the site to a depth of two feet without any 
result beyond the fact that the earth appeared to be in a 
natural condition, 
