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of the parapet, near the oblong square, [of the principal remains at Marietta], is a considerable number of fragments of ancient potter's ware, which are ornamented with lines, some of them quite curious and ingenious, on the outside. They are composed of clay and fine gravel, and have a partial glazing on the inside. They seem to have been burnt, and to have been capable of holding liquids. The fragments, on breaking them, look quite black, with brilliant particles appearing as they are held up to the light. The ware near the river is composed of shells & clay, and is not near so hard as this found on the plane. Of twenty or thirty pieces picked up, nearly all of them were found on the outside of the parapet, as if they had been thrown over the wall purposely. This is an evidence that the parapet was crowned with a palisade. The chance of finding them on the inside of the parapet, was equally good, as the earth had been recently ploughed and planted with corn. Several pieces of copper have been found in and near the ancient works, at various times. One piece was in the form of a cup with low sides, the bottom very thick & strong. The avenues?, or places of ascent, on the sides of the elevated squares, are ten feet wide; and at Waterford, not far from the banks of Muskingum, was lately found a magazine of