an uncommon stature and development, which
are mentioned in the same communication. A
humeius or shoulder bone, which is preserved,
denotes a statureone-third larger than the present
race, and there is also a lower jaw bone, preserved
by a physician at Batavia, from the yicin-
ity, which indicates the same gigantic measure
of increase.
To supply the fort with water* a trench was
continued about fifteen rods; -from B, at the
northeast angle, to E, in ordef to reach a spring
below the declivity. In the isolated portion of
the hill, marked F, haiks of moderate sized'round
stones have been found, whrph were: probably
one of the ancient means of defence. This spot,
from the remains found, appears also to have
been an ancient place of burials Among th§
articles exhum ed; were 'Several curicSus pipes ©f
stone and earthenware One of these was formed
out of gtanular limestoi^^. another .was^.of
baked clay in the form of a man’s head and thee,,
thev nose,. eyes and other featured being depicted
in a style resembling some of the figures in Mr.
Stephens’s plate of the ruins of Central America,
The top of the head is surroiinded by a.fiilet.; on
the occipital part are also two fillets; The neck
has a similar ornament, and there is another on
the breast. , The orifices of the ears are depoted,
and the whole evinces no little degree of art.
This is the most curious relic found.
Another pipe of reddish baked clay is ornamented
with dots; two rows of which extend
round it,- and another in festoons, like a chain
looped up.
Other parts of the topography are denoted by
the plot-1- ,Q, W, is Allen’s creek; H, I, ^Ford-
ham’s,brook; L, P, M, a branch of Fordham’s
brook; R, N, V, denote the road, which passes
through the centre of the work. A former road
led from IJ down the^ ravine to T. There was
formerly a bridge at to cross the ditch. This
trench was estimated by early observers at from
‘eight to ten feet deep, and as many wide. The
’earth in making it had been thro wn-either way,
but much of it inwards. Forest trees were
standing, both in the trench and on its sides.
In size and age they appeared to he equal to the
general growth c^ the forest. Prostrate upon the
ground, there were found numerous trunks of
the ’Ifoarhwood of black cherry trees of large size.
These were evidently the remains of a more
antique forest, which had preceded the existing
growth of beech and maple. They were in such
a state of soundness as to be employed for timber
by the first settlers.
There were no traditions among the Indians
of the country respecting the use and design of
this work. It was to them, as to the first settlers,
an object of mystery. About half a mile
below the hill, Allen’s creek has a fall of some
eighty feet. It is a perpendicular fall of much
beauty. At this place the hydraulic limestone
is seen to be the underlying rock. This rock