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was lowered so much as to enable them to dig, 

 and m a few hours they were rewarded with 

 several small bones. 



The road which passed through this farm 

 was a highway, and the attention of every tra- 

 veller was arrested by the coaches, waggons, 

 chaises, and horses, which animated the road, 

 or were collected at the entrance of the field : 

 rich and poor, men, women, and children, all 

 flocked to see the operation; and a swamp 

 always noted as the solitary abode of fnakes 

 and frogs, became the active scene of curiosity 

 and bustle: most of the spectators were asto* 

 nished at the purpose which could prompt 

 such vigorous and expensive exertions, in a 

 manner so unprecedented, and so foreign to 

 the pursuits for which they were noted.— 

 But the amusement was not wholly on their 

 side; and the variety of company not only 

 amused us, but tended to encourage the work- 

 men, each of whom, before so many s])ectators, 

 was ambitious of signalizing himself by the 

 number of his discoveries. 



For several weeks no exertions were spared^ 



