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nearest the Muskingum, is the appearance of 

 the walls of a covert way, leading towards the 

 river. The highest part of the remains of 

 these walls is twenty- one feet, and forty feet in 

 breadth at the base. The mound of earth, in 

 form of a sugar-loaf, is thirty feet in height, 

 and the base 115 feet in diameter. It is situ- 

 ated at a little distance from the smallest square. 

 These works were included in public squares ^ • 

 and have been carefully preserved j but a small 

 opening has been made in the conic mound and 

 found to contain human bones. Although these # 

 ancient works fill the beholder with astonish- 

 ment, others have been discovered of far greater 

 magnitude. On a branch of the Muskingum, 

 about ninety miles from Marietta, there are 

 these ancient works extending about two miles 

 in length, and the ramparts and mounds of a 

 much greater height than those found here. 

 Vestiges of ancient works, of different forms 

 and sizes, and at small distances, are to be 

 found over the whole State, and in many other 

 parts of the western country. 



Marietta is favourably situated for commerce 

 and manufactories. The depth and gentle mo- 

 tion of the water, in the mouth of the Mus- 

 kingum, and the cheapness of excellent ship 

 timber, render this one of the best places for 

 ship-building on the Ohio river. A number of 

 large ships and brigs were built in a short time, 

 and the employment was rapidly progressing 



