All within the Line of trees as marked in the Plan is cleared ; all the rest of the Country is covered with tall Timber Trees, and but little underwoods ; The Swamp on the the S, Wt of Ft' Stanwix, is chiefly Pine and some White Cedar ; There are also some white Pines in the Swamp on the East side of the Fort, all the rest of the woods are Elm, Beach, Rock Maple, Birtch, Popplar, and a few Trees of the wild Cherry kind ; The Plan is laid down by a Sealeof 400ft to an Inch froman actual Survey Taken in Noy'1758.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE WOOD CUT.

This Fort was begun Augt the 2341758 by the Troops under the Command of Brigd* Gen! Stanwix and finished in en Barbette as Represented in the draught of Nov' 18th 1758 the yellow shows what parts are unfinished A is a small creek weh runs southward, and has its heads from three springs 500 yards above the Fort. B. The Road from the Landing place on the Mahawk River over the Carrying place to Fort Niewport. C.a section thro D E taking in the Ditch the Common breadth of 40 foot and not the Breadth as it is up the middle of the Curtin. The Fort is built on a Level spot of Ground Composed of Pebble stones mixed wt Gravel and Sand and is to the Eastward and Southward 19ft above the Level of the Swamps and Low lands. To the Northward the Ground is much on a Level with the fort, but to the Westward it descends gradually for three Quarters of a Mile to Fort Niewport to the Common Level of the Swamps. To the West, North, and Eastward, the woods are Cleared, between 3 and 4 hund4 yards, and to the Southw4s 700 yards.