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was stopped. No implements or weapons of any and were found. 

 There was no evidence of any excavation having been made below 

 the general surface, in the building of the mound, but, rather evi- 

 dence to the contrary. The third cranium (C) of the above table 

 was taken from this mound. 



Mound No. 3, located in a dry sandy and rather elevated place 

 about one-third of a mile east of Hallsville, Duplin county. In size 

 and shape, this mound resembles those already mentioned. Base 

 circular, 31 feet in diameter ; height 2^ feet. No excavation was 

 made, other than what was sufficient to ascertain that the mound 

 contained bones of human skeletons. 



Mound No. 4, Duplin county, located in a rather level sandy 

 region, about one mile from Sarecta P. O., on the property of Branch 

 Williams. Base of mound circular, 35 feet in diameter; height 2^ 

 feet. Soil sandy, like that which surrounds it. Around the mound, 

 extending out for a distance varying from 5 to 10 yards, there was a 

 depression, w ich, in addition to the similarity of soils mentioned 

 above, affords ground for the conjecture that here, as in a number 

 of other cases, it is probable the mound was built by the throwing 

 on the soil from its immediate vicinity. Only a partial excavation 

 was made, witli the result of finding human bones, and a few small 

 fragments of charcoal and pottery. 



Since the above mounds were visited, I have obtained information 

 as to the localities of mounds similar to those described, in the east- 

 ern, southern and western portions of Duplin county; and I can 

 hardly doubt but that a closer examination of this region will prove 

 them to be more numerous than they are now generally supposed 

 to be. 



In Sampson county, the localities of several mounds have been 

 noted; but one of these, however, so far as I am informed, has been 

 examined with care. This one (Mound No, 5), examined by Messrs. 

 Phillips and Murphy of the Clinton School, is located about 2.V miles 

 west of Clinton (Sampson county), on the eastern exposure of a 

 small hill. In general characters it resembles the mounds already 

 described. Base circular, 40 feet in diametei- ; height 3i feet ; soil 

 sandy loam, resembling that surrounding the mound. Contents con- 

 sisted of small fragments of charcoal, two bunches of small shell 

 "beads," and the parts of 16 human skeletons. These skeletons 

 were not distributed uniformly throughout the portion of the mound 

 examined. At one place there were 9, at another 6, and at a third 

 place 5 skeletons, lying close to, and in some cases on top of one 

 another. In this pqint as in the position of the parts of the skele- 



