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and three broken vessels were taken ; two only of the crania were ac- 

 companied b}^ the remainder of their skeletons. 



A small vessel, capacity about one pint, rested on one of the skulls, 

 and a second vessel was found a few inches from it; two rough stone 

 axes, or fleshers, and a stone pipe (fig. 5), were also taken from this 

 excavation. 



Work was resumed on the north and south trench, and continued 

 during the following week. Seven skeletons wer^ exhumed, of which 

 six were adults, in sitting or doubled-up positions, and the other a 

 child, horizontally interred. One vessel, in fair preservation, another 

 in fragments, and some flint and stone implements were also found. 



On Friday, April 11, seven skeletons were uncovered, all in a hori- 

 zontal position, butirregularlj^ disposed, and having the bones mingled 

 together. Sonle of the bones were remarkable for their stout build and 

 extraordinary development of the ridges and points of muscular at- 

 tachment. Three vessels, and half of another, together with an orna- 

 mented limestone pipe (fig. 6), were found with these remains. 



Fig. 6. Stone Pipe (C. F. Low). 



During the excavation on April 12th, near the south edge of the 

 plateau, a single detached cranium was uncovered. In searching for 

 the bones belonging to this skull, a circular pit was piade, about 3|- 

 feet in diameter, and 4^ feet deep, from which suflScient crania and 

 bones were taken to identify twenty-two skeletons. In addition to the 

 description of this remarkable deposit, published in Prof. Short's work 

 before referred to, it is, perhaps, worth}- of note, thatman}^ of the crania 

 taken from this pit were compact!}' filled with snail shells, of which 

 Helix alternata, H, solitaria and H. fallax have been identified. 

 These crania had, perhaps, been utilized by some rodent as store 

 houses for its winter supplies, or else were occupied as winter quar- 



