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as far as excavated, that is, except the northwestern part, on the narrow 
sand ridge on Air. Henry’s farm. For the most part they follow the 
irregular outline of the hill. There were two, and in some places three, 
rows of post holes along the top of the bank on the southwestern part of 
the site, but only one along the middle of the south side, probably because 
this part of the site was naturally the most impregnable on account of the 
greater steepness of the bank. At the eastern end of refuse deposit 1 this 
single row became lost in a maze of holes and emerged in three rows from 
about 4 to 12 feet apart. The inner row formed an irregular line extending 
to refuse deposit 2. From the outer, which in places expanded into two 
rows about 1 foot apart, an irregular row branched off towards the inner 
row and over the hill into deposit 8. In deposit 2 the outer palisade for the 
most part was in three rows, and between if and refuse deposit 4 there 
were two rows. A single row extended from about the middle of deposit 4 
to the middle of deposit 5, and from one to three rows from there on 
through deposits 11 and 7 to the line fence. One of these three-rowed 
portions was in the east half of the part crossing deposit 11 and was about 
48 feet long. In this the holes were in nearly regular rows, from 1 to 1^ 
feet apart. About 60 feet west there was another portion about 36 feet 
long, in which the arrangement in rows was not quite so apparent. There 
was a single row in deposit 7, which, however, extended for only about 24 
feet, and beyond it to the west there was a gap of about 12 feet. West 
from the fence, beyond the area shown on the map, the holes were in two 
rows for 10 feet, then in three for 15 feet, in four for 22 feet, in two to a 
point 20 feet east of the Flenry- White line fence, then in three rows for 5 
feet, and in two rows on to the fence. On the south side of the road near 
Mr. Henry’s gate, and in line with the palisade on the north side of the 
site, were what looked like three post holes. In Air. White’s field on the 
north side of the road, east of the garden, there was an irregular group of 
post holes near the road, and a few feet distant an irregular row extending 
about 30 feet west nearly to the garden fence. There was a short row of 
holes, in line with this row and reaching the White-Dunbar fence, in the 
west part of the garden. Crossing it was a row running north and south in 
refuse deposit 24, and a straight row running east and west about 12 feet 
away from the fence extended eastward from this in deposit 24. These 
rows may be part of the palisade, although all are single. 
Although Huron (Champlain, III, page 131, and Sagard, 1, 115) and 
Mohawk villages (Wilson, page 90) are known to have been surrounded by 
tw 7 o to four rows of palisades, it is possible that here there was originally 
only one row of posts, but later those parts of the palisade that were found 
to be weak were strengthened by planting an additional row inside, outside, 
or in both places. On the other hand, the extra rows may be traces of 
palisading put up to replace decayed, burnt, or otherwise destroyed posts. 
The three widely separated rows between deposits 1 and 2, and across 
deposit 2, may represent such successive structures; the inner two being 
wnaker may have been built first, and replaced by the stronger, outer one. 
The width of the palisade, where there were four rows of post holes, 
is about 5 feet. 
