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           Theplateauwasalreadydefendedonthreesidesbywater-courses,eitherartificialornatural.Onthenorthwest,bytheshoresofLakeGrant,fromtheentranceofthepassagetothebreachmadeinthebanksofthelakefortheescapeofthewater.

           Onthenorth,fromthisbreachtothesea,bythenewwater-coursewhichhadhollowedoutabedforitselfacrosstheplateauandshore,aboveandbelowthefall,anditwouldbeenoughtodigthebedofthiscreekalittledeepertomakeitimpracticableforanimals,onalltheeasternborderbytheseaitself,fromthemouthoftheaforesaidcreektothemouthoftheMercy.

           Lastly,onthesouth,fromthemouthtotheturnoftheMercywherethebridgewastobeestablished.

           Thewesternborderoftheplateaunowremainedbetweentheturnoftheriverandthesouthernangleofthelake,adistanceofaboutamile,whichwasopentoallcomers.Butnothingcouldbeeasierthantodigabroaddeepditch,whichcouldbefilledfromthelake,andtheoverflowofwhichwouldthrowitselfbyarapidfallintothebedoftheMercy.Thelevelofthelakewould,nodoubt,besomewhatloweredbythisfreshdischargeofitswaters,butCyrusHardinghadascertainedthatthevolumeofwaterintheRedCreekwasconsiderableenoughtoallowoftheexecutionofthisproject.

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