The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-06-17

which overlooks them. In order TO take a
complete view, it is necessary to pass
along the entire length, from point to table
land. -Four different positions could be
selected from which, put together the
works might be seen.
Commencing at the extreme northern
part, we have O very sharp point Of land,
donudod with the rock rising to o perpendiC-
ulnr height Of forty feet above the bottom
land. Thirty feet from the point Of the
rock is the end Of the nose of the frog The
frog is i'm the act Of leaping the hind legs
stretched backward the forelogs outward
and forward, the body drawn mp at the
bocl,, and the head depressed. Those who
huve observed the frog leap will readily
recognize the description. The apparent
height is perhaps three and oue-half feet
The head iy fifteen feet long bytwcnty feet
broad. It is considerably destroyed. The
length of the body is forty-siy feet. The
right forelog extends down the slope. For
eleven feet it is bold. The left foreleg has
been destroyed by douudation, except for O
distance Of five or six feet. The hind legs
extend backward fifty feet. Between the
two hind legs, and removed a distance of
seventeen feet, the ogg-shaped wall is iu-
serted. This wall is about two and q half
feet high, with no outlet, and the bank
seventeen feet across at the base. This wall
or egg is oblong, the length one hundred
and thirteen feet and the greatest breadth
from bank to bank fifty feet. The interior
lis hollow Ia the center is a low mound
fifteen feet in diameter at the base. 1t has
been disturbed. A hole in the center reveals
burnt stone. The opposite end from the
frog extends into the mouth of the serpent
eihgy. From the top Of the bank of the
egg to the same forming the mouth of the
serpent is twenty-four feet. Calculating
from the extreme point Of the jaws the egg
extends into the serpents mouth distance
of sixteen feet.
The head Of the serpent is hollow, and
the height Of the various banks is the same
as the egg The bank connecting the two
extreme points of the jaws is one hundred
feet long. The length of the head is seven
ty feet, followed by a neck of seventy-fve
feet in length The entire length of the
serpent from the mouth embRnkment to the
end Of the coil is eleven hundred and six
teen feet. and the entire length of the
whole series, from the point of the frogs
nose to the end of the serpents tail is thir-
teen hundred and thirty-one feet. Leaving
the neck we find tho body makes graceful
curves and undulatiOns. Measuring through
the center of the curve, and from bank to
bank, the following distances were obtain
ed From first to second curve, fifty feet
second to third, fifty feet third to fourth,
ffty-twO feet fourth to fifth forty-six
feet fifth to sixth, ffty-two feet sixth to
seventh, tifty-two feet. The last curve is
siXty-ttve feet long rising to the main
body, and passing into a triple coil which
measures sevonty-hve feet across From
the point of the neck, where the first curve
forms, the land deoends in beth d;lections
The fifth and sixth curves arc in tnS lowest
depressions, about twenty-four feet lower
than the coil and perhaps fifteen feet lower
than the head. The coil is on the table land
and tilts to the south. To the west it is on
the edge of q bluff.
The summit of the tongue of land is en-
tirely covered by the eftigy. The curves
reach from edge to edge and the back of
the frog is but the termination toward the
summit. The hill does not have the APP
pearance OF having been graded for these
works.
So far as the wings on either side of the
serpents jaws are concerned they are clear
ly defined, and like the serpent, are compos-
ed of n different earthly matter from the
surrounding soil. Stone appears invarious
places throughout the works. The whole
series apparently represents the following
A serpent is on the mainland, resting in a
coil, hid by slight depression, and pro-
tected by decliviGes at two points of the
compass. While in this position it beholds
a frog sitting near the point of land beyond
The serpent unfOlds itself, glides along the
edge Of the mainland until it reaches the
tongue or spur, drops its head into decliv-
ity, ami just as it reaches the highest point
beyond strikes at the frog. But the willy
batrachain becomes alarmed, leaps in time
and emits an egg which, in turn is elected
into the mouth of the serpent
1t is not necessary to discuss the object
for which the efigies were constructed.
The frog may represent the creative, the
egg the productive, and the serpent the de-
structive powers Of nature.
j. p. MCLEAN.