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situated behind them, towards the centre ot 
the point, seemed coeval with the world itself, 
and are covered with oaks of the largest size 
from top to bottom. In general these mounds 
are of an irregular form; but in some places, 
of the greatest height, they are so even and 
straight, that it appears as if they had been 
thrown up by the hand of art, and you may 
almost fgney them to be the old works of some 
vast fortification. These regular mounds ex¬ 
tend in all directions, but chiefly from north 
to south, which demonstrates that westerly 
w inds were as prevalent formerly in this part of 
the country as they are at the present day. I 
should suppose that some of these mounds are 
upwards of one hundred feet above the level 
of the lake. 
The ground on the eastern side of the point 
is neither so much broken nor so sandy as that 
on the opposite one, and there we found two 
farm houses, adjoining to each of which were 
about thirty acres of cleared land. At one of 
these we procured a couple of sheep, some 
fowls, and a quantity of potatoes, to add to our 
store of provisions, as there was reason to ap¬ 
prehend that our voyage would not be speedily 
terminated: whilst the men were digging for 
the latter, the old woman of the house spread 
her little table, and prepared for us the best 
viands which her habitation afforded, namely. 
