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have it cut down to a portable size ; and when we 

 left, the proprietor accompanied me to the village to 

 procure a stonecutter for that purpose, but there was 

 none in the village, nor any chance of one within 

 twenty- seven miles. Unable to do anything with 

 the stone, I engaged the proprietor to place it in an 

 apartment sheltered from rain ; and, if I do not mis- 

 take the character of my Indian friend and inheritor 

 of a ruined city, it now lies subject to my order ; 

 and I hereby authorize the next American traveller 

 to bring it away at his own expense, and deposite it 

 in the National Museum at Washington. 



I shall present but one more view from the ruins 

 of Kewick. It is part of the front of a long build- 

 ing, forming a right angle with the one last referred 

 to. The terraces almost join, and though all was 

 so overgrown that it was difficult to make out the 

 plan and juxtaposition, the probability is that they 

 formed two sides of a grand rectangular area. The 

 whole building measures two hundred and thirty feet 

 in length. In the centre is a wide ruined staircase 

 leading to the top. The plate opposite represents 

 half of the building to the line of the staircase, the 

 other half being exactly similar. The whole could 

 not be drawn without carrying back the clearing to 

 some distance, and consuming more time than we 

 thought worth while to devote to it. Below the cor- 

 nice the entire edifice is plain ; and above it is or- 

 namented the whole length with small circular shafts 

 set in the wall. 



