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bnge, (Fig. 2.) Further traces of a like kind are to be seen on the high 

 blnft" between North and South Point Sal, (Fig. 3.) Here the shells are 



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piled up in shapeless, irregular heaps, as they are met in all localities on 

 the coast where there were the fixed dwelling-places of people whose prin- 

 cipal food consisted of fresh shellfish ; for iu the neighborhood of these 

 permanent homes the shell-remains were always put away in fixed 

 places, while in temporary camps they were carelessly distributed over 

 the whole surface of the ground. Very vividly did these bleached 

 mounds recall to my mind the immense remains of such heaps as I 

 had seen in Oregon, on the right bank of the Chetko, as also near Niit-e- 

 net, and near Crook's Point, Chetl-e-shin, close to Pistol River. I re- 



