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ter, but differs from it by being round instead of 

 flat on the top, which has an elevation of about 

 thirty feet perpendicular from the level of the 

 plain. It is formed of clay, and though it has 

 been perforated by the proprietor, nothing has 

 been found to justify the common opinion of these 

 mounts having been burrows or cemetries. They 

 talk of having it levelled, as it projects a little 

 into market street, but I think it a pity to destroy 

 any of the very few vestiges of Aboriginal popu- 

 lation which this country presents to the curious 

 and inquisitive traveller. 



" From a steep hill about three hundred feet 

 perpendicular height, just outside the western ex- 

 tremity of the town, is a most charming view of 

 the streets immediately below, under the eye like 

 a plan on paper ; then the Scioto from one hun- 

 dred to one hundred and fifty yards wide, wind- 

 ing on the left, with some low hills about two 

 miles beyond it, terminating the view to the north- 

 east ; while to the eastward and to the westward, 

 as far as the eye can reach both ways, is spread a 

 country partly flat, and partly rising in gentle 

 swells, which, if cultivation proceeds in equal pro- 

 portion to what it has done since Chilicothe was 

 first laid out, about ten years ago, must in a short 

 time present one of the finest landscapes imagi- 

 nable." 



From Chilicothe, on the State road, to Point 

 Falls, is eighteen miles. At these falls is the town 

 of Bainbridge, consisting of about twenty houses, 



