MD3PAD 598-600

[Toby G Levy]

        The barrels are the kind used on shotguns and the ones being
made on the mountain were cheap ones for "the savages."

        They trek through the woods until they reach Shelby's mound.
Dixon is surprised it's in the shape of a cone. Mason looks worried and
Dixon asks if the natives dislike visitors to the mound.  Shelby says
they are amused by the white people's lack of comprehension.

        They go inside the cone to see that it was constructed of layers
of various materials, reminding Dixon of Franklin's Leyden jar that
produced electricity. He asks Dixon to bring out his compass and they
see the needle go wild.

        Shelby says the cone will be on the line when they get that far
west. He quotes Tox's Pennsylvaniad which says the cone is a "Force
Intensifier."

        Shelby, who is Welsh, says the cone was built by Welsh indians.

vw#126: Cymry - Welsh name for the Welsh people.

        Shelby shows them the ruins of a wall on a nearby hillside.
There is Ogham writing on it. Shelby claims it says "Astronomers Beware.
Surveyors too. This means you."

        Back at the camp, the Professor says that the stone markers they
have been leaving along the line may function like a Leyden battery as
well.

Toby