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heaped together, extending for a horizontal distance of two hun- 
‘IG. 2.— Battle Rock. 
dred and seventy-five feet. At some 
points they still remain standing twelve 
feet in height, whilst at others they 
have entirely fallen away. Many of 
the external corners of the rooms 
were neatly and accurately curved, (see 
Fig. 14, Plate IV). In the plaster, the 
impressions of knuckles, finger-tips and nails are quite distinct, 
and in some instances, the very delicate lines of the epidermis 
are distinctly visible in the prints. 
We cannot doubt that a multitude of workmen were employed 
in masonic labor, for in order to construct such huge edifices, a 
great amount of manual labor would be required, in the trans- 
portation of stone for many miles, trimming it into blocks, laying 
it in the walls, preparing the mortar, cutting cedar beams and 
rafters, plastering the external or internal walls with a coating of 
adobe, etc., and these operations may have required, in many cases, 
years for the completion of a single building. When we consider 
