. The Antiquarian [serial]. exploring the ( (blong, we filled upthe excavation and leveled it off. 1 saw itin June of this year and is to-day barelyi! feet in heighth and covers an extent of800 or 400 feet. All through these explorations, theowner, Mr. M. C. Hopewell, was exceeding-ly kind and courteous, and although teamsdragged earth about his clover field andilid a great deal of damage, he entered nocomplaint, but told me to continue the ex-ploration. 1 have often remarked this con-trast : in spite of the great value of his richbottom land, he permitted unlimited ex-plbration,
. The Antiquarian [serial]. exploring the ( (blong, we filled upthe excavation and leveled it off. 1 saw itin June of this year and is to-day barelyi! feet in heighth and covers an extent of800 or 400 feet. All through these explorations, theowner, Mr. M. C. Hopewell, was exceeding-ly kind and courteous, and although teamsdragged earth about his clover field andilid a great deal of damage, he entered nocomplaint, but told me to continue the ex-ploration. 1 have often remarked this con-trast : in spite of the great value of his richbottom land, he permitted unlimited ex-plbration, whereas, some land owners williit allow even a hill-top mound, situatedon soil not worth $5 an acre, to be opened. Tin teams having reduced the first or eastsection of the Effigy to within .> feet of thebottom and being started upon the secondcut. the force was moved to that most fa-mous structure, where work was continuedfrom the middle of October into the firstweek in February. ( To be continued.) 214 THE —i«v&TO^
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