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and were arranged after the fashion of herringbone masonry. The 

 first pile of a half dozen were set flat on the ground, the disks being 

 placed horizontally; the next pile set on edge, but at an angle at prob- 

 ably 45 degrees; the third would be set in the same way, but cast in 

 the other direction, and the fourth would be again horizontal, and so 

 this was continued over the surface occupied by the plan of the mound. 

 There were two, one atop the other. It is not to be supposed that they 

 were laid with regularity indicated; many of them were thrown out of 

 place, and had destroyed the regularity, but this was the general plan 

 on which they had been placed at the making of the mound. The 

 bottom of the two strata of flint disks was about two feet below the 

 surrounding surface." 



We commenced taking out disks Thursday noon and continued 

 until Saturday afternoon, removing the enormous number of 7,232 by 

 actual count. Squier and Davis estimated the number at 4000. The 

 work had been completed at my arrival, and the flint disks were laid 

 out preparatory to marking and boxing, as shown in the photograph. 



The following table gives the total of disks from the mound : 



Excavated from the mound by our own men 7232 



Taken out by Squier and Davis 600 



Taken out by Mr. Steel 200 



Given Mr. Hopewell, prior to official count 80 



Later found upon the surface near the mound 42 



From other sources 3 1 



Total 8185 



Excavation of Mound No. 24. — This was not a large mound, and 

 seems to have been disturbed (Plate XLIV). Several skeletons were 

 found by us. No. 191 lay about ten feet southwest of the centre stake 

 with the head pointing west. A detached skull was found about two 

 feet from it on the south side. This detached skull (No. 192) was a 

 different type and much inferior in contour with a lower facial angle. 

 The contrast between them was marked. A large shell, probably 

 Buscyon, lay near the left arm of No. 191, and two shells perforated 

 in the ends, shell ornaments, and bear's teeth were found with it. The 

 Cat. No. of this skeleton is 40873; that of the detached skull, 40169. 

 A charred skeleton, near whose wrist-bones were two copper ornaments, 

 was found on September 25, and the next day two more skeletons were 

 discovered. The latter were on the base line of the mound, 3 feet, 6 



