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Title: History of the Catholic church in California
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Gleeson, W. (William), 1822-1903
Subjects: Catholic Church Jesuits Franciscans Missions
Publisher: San Francisco, Printed for the author by A. L. Bancroft, and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t from each other, measuring from the cen-tre. The walls at the most elevated part on theinside are twenty-one feet in height, and forty-two in breadth at the base; but on the outsideaverage only five feet in height. This forms apassage of about three hundred and sixty inlength, leading by a gradual descent to the lowground, where, at the time of its construction, itprobably reached the river. Its walls commenceat sixty feet from the rampart of the fort, and in-crease in elevation as the way descends towardsthe river; and the bottom is crowned in the cen-tre, in the manner of a well-formed turnpike road. Within the walls of the fort, at the northwestcorner, is an obloDg elevated square, one huiidredand eighty-eight feet long, one hundred and thirty-two feet broad, and nine feet high, level on thesummit, and nearly perpendicular at the sides.At the centre of each of the sides the earth is pro-jected, forming a gradual ascent to the top,equally regular, and about six feet in width. Near
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APPENDIX. 289 the south wall is another elevated square, one hun-dred and fifty feet by one hundred and twenty, andeight feet high, similar to the other, excepting thatnext to the wall, there is a hollow way, ten feetwide by twenty high, leading toward the centre,and then rising with a gradual slope to the top.At the southeast corner is a third elevated square,one hundred and eight by fifty-four feet, with as-cents at the ends, but not so high nor perfect asthe two others. A little to the southwest of thecentre of the fort is a circular mound, about thirtyfeet in diameter and five feet high, near whichare four small excavation at equal distances, andopposite each other. At the southwest corner ofthe fort is a semicircular parapet, crowned with amound, which guards the opening in the wall.Towards the southeast is a smaller fort, contain-ing twenty acres, with a gateway in the centre ofeach side and at each corner. These gateways aredefended by circular mounds. On the outside of the sma

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