By whom were those works wrouglit 1 Not by the natives, surely ; because in various parts of tliis county iron implements are dug and ploughed up. And if the natives ever had the art of working iron, it is not probable they would lose an art so useful. Further, nothing ever appeared in the natives which indicated so much improvement in the art of self defence, as to build forts so regular as those are found to be. Again, the fort near Sandy creek, which is cut in the rock, must have been a work too stupendous for untauglit savages to etiect ; and it is doubtful whether it could have been done witliout the use of powder. And there is a difficulty attending this fort -- on condition, or suppose it to have been done by any European nation, they would not have undertaken a work so arduous, when so little benefit could have been derived from it, in proportion to the work. Who then wrought those works ? Tliat they were done by the hand of man there is no doubt ; but by whom, and when, and for what

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purpose, must remain at present inexplicable enigmas. What has become of tliis people ? and why have we no liistories of guch a nation as must have inliabited this part of the world 1 Were these the works of the ante-diluvians -- or is this the land of Nazareth, to which Esdras says the ten tribes travelled, and were an hundred and twenty days on their journey 1 Or is it the Vineland of the emigrant Sweeds, who returned to their native country but once "? or are they ye works of Spaniards in gearchins; for gold 1 or was this land inhabited by the emigrant Mexican, after the Spanish conquest 1 That these works were not done by French or English is beyond a doubt, from various reasons too numerous to mention.