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place. It is on the farm of Enoch H. Copley and in a woodland 

 of about 33 acres, the whole of which is a series of moraines and 

 kettle-shaped hollows. In the largest of these hollows is a shallow 

 pond, marked A in the diagram, plate 12, figure I. The shaded 

 part B has been partly filled in for the Delaware & Hudson Rail- 

 road. The pond is surrounded by moraines, C C C, about 100 feet 

 high, and a road D, follows the north and east margins. At E, F, G, 

 are rude stone walls from 2 to 4 feet high. Mr Cecil said : 



At one time I supposed these had been constructed to get rid 

 of the rocks that were in the way, but this could not be the case, 

 as the stones could have been dumped into the pond very much 

 more easily, and it would have materially helped to widen the road 

 D. The oldest residents say that these piles and walls have always 

 been there. At H, until a short time ago, were two circles made of 

 rocks loosely thrown together. They measured 10 feet across and 

 were contiguous, having openings at the remote parts of their cir- 

 cumferences. I turned these over carefully, but failed to find 

 anything of Indian workmanship and the soil beneath was appar- 

 ently undisturbed. At I was another stone wall. At J is a heap 

 of undisturbed rocks. At K is a carefully made road, about 8 feet 

 wide and extending about 300 feet in a westerly direction, gradually 

 ascending to 50 feet above the pond level. No explanation can be 

 given of this unless it was part of a trail. Below this road and 

 above the wall at E, is a stone heap, and above the road is a large 

 hollow filled up with stones of all descriptions. I am positive that 

 these heaps are not natural. All these remains are included in 

 about half an acre. 



This account is free from extravagance and suggests the use of 

 the spot as a pound for deer, terminating a driveway. These and 

 other animals would naturally resort there to drink. With or with- 

 out contracting hedges they would follow their own paths, and the 

 roadway would turn them toward the double walls, I. F, when driven. 

 Some would escape only to encounter other hunters at the wall G. 

 In the press others might turn back and meet hunters at the wall E. 

 The circles may have been the foundations of hunting lodges, and 

 the season of wild fowl would afford a secondary use. The usual 

 course was to make a pound of stakes and branches, but the primi- 

 tive hunter was quick to avail himself of natural advantages, and 

 was not sparing of work. 



