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where the river takes a turn in a creek that ryins into at, 

 there this canoe -was found embedded in the mud, one 

 part was completely buried, and the other was Aasible 

 about two feet under water. From time immemorial it 

 had been thought to be the stump of an old tree, and 

 was allowed to remain there, as it formed a support for 

 one end of a flat wooden bridge whicli connected the 

 two meadows, the same as are generally employed in 

 like situations. Thus situated, and thus considered, it 

 formed no impediment to the flow of water which passed 

 in front, and it remained undisturbed. About 20 years ago 

 a farmer who wanted the land, thought proper to straiten 

 the Ime by cutting off the curv^ed part ; this brought the 

 flow of water angularly across the old piece of timber, 

 and lie cut away as much of the wood as intercepted the 

 drain. A bridge soon after having been built higher up, 

 it was thought proper to remove the old piece of timber, 

 or old tree, as it was supposed. Upon the labourers em- 

 ployed to effect this, finding how large it was, they 

 attached eleven horses to it by an iron chain, and then, 

 with great difficulty, drew it to the land, with its load , 

 of mud and flint. Its real form and character were then 

 discernible; it proved to be one half of the stem of a large 

 oak, hollowed and cut into the shape of a canoe. The ex- 

 treme toughness of its substance is shown, that although 

 its thickness is but four inches and a half at the bottom 

 of the vessel, and the stem to which the chain was fas- 

 tened, and by which it was drawn up the sloping bank, 

 is elevated four feet, while the opposite end was in the 

 water, with its load of mud in it, it still resisted the action 

 and counteraction of these forces in safety, and was 

 drawfi entire to the flat surface. The size of this vessel 

 is as follows : — Its length is thirty-four feet, its depth 

 one foot ten inches, the width in the middle four feet six, 

 and its thickness at the bottom four inches and a-half ; 

 one foot and a-half at the stem, and one foot eight inches 

 at the stern, and the sides one inch and a half. At the 

 bottom three bars are left at different distances, which 

 serve to strengthen the whole, and give a firm footing 

 to those who worked the vessel. It lias no appearance 

 of its having had a rudder attached to it ; but there is a 

 notch, which probably has been for the oar which guided 



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