Near this house was an old dam, enclosing perhaps half an [illegible] acre. Several small brooks came down from the hill on the n.e. side of the meadow, and the dam impounded the water from these. It started at the foot of the hill, curved around [illegible] back to the hillside again, being the irregular chord of a circle. The top of the dam was level, but the ground being a little uneven the height was two to three feet. It was a very old dam, and must have been built principally of soil, as there are scarcely any sticks visible now, and the top is still even. It looks like a farmer's irrigating "levee". The sediments has filled the dam to within a foot of the top. A narrow break gives outlet to the brooks, and at our side is still a pond. At the lower end of the meadows a dam had been built across the creek. The creek is [illegible] 30 to 40 feet wide and is too deep in the meadows to ford with shoe boots, but lower I waded it on the riffles. This dam now extends about half way across the stream. The remainder