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Archaeological pamphlets (1880)

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thefour niches or sentry-boxes, if they formerly existed, were entirely gone,and of the spiral path or track leading from the ground up to the top we could discover no trace. On the south a roadway, about 15 feetwide and commencing at a point some distance from the base of themound, leads with a… … Ancient tumnli on the Savannah Eiver. Not having been cultivated for many years, the apex and sides of thistruncated cone are now clothed in a luxuriant growth of trees andswamp cane. Attired in such attractive garb, this tumulus forms amarked object in the profile of the valley from which it…

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