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ing as the Serpent Mound, and, archaeologically considered, is 

 surely more valuable. The embankments are slowly and surely 

 melting down. The rains and the farmer's plow, the herds of 

 cattle now kept within the inclosure, and the careless tourist, all 

 assist in the work of demolition. He who has money must be up 

 and doing, or this structure, like nearly all of those of prehistoric 

 workmanship, shall soon have been known only in the past. 



