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arranged as to form small lozenges about half an inch in length. The 

 spaces so ornamented are four in number, large at the top and tapering 

 to a point at the bottom, ending near the pointed end of the cup. The 

 smooth intervening spaces form a four-pointed star, folded over the bot- 

 tom of the cup, as shown in the cut. The preceding figure represents 

 fragments, of pottery from mound oSTo. 15. The pieces a and c are each 

 ornamented with figures stamped into the soft clay. One fragment from 

 mound No. G was ornamented with a similar figure ; also several frag- 

 ments from the ancient cemetery above alluded to. 



It is diflBcult to determine Mhat was used to make this impression, 

 but it must have been something of vegetable growth, serving as a 

 natural stamp. From the character of the imprints on the fragment 

 from mound No. 6, it seems that the stamp was somewhat jiliable, as 

 some of the figures seem distorted. The pottery must have been de- 

 signedly broken and deposited in mound No. 15, as no whole vessels 

 were found and not enough fragments of any one to restore it. From 

 a careful examination of fragments from the mounds, as well as those 

 from the ancient burial-place, it has been possible to determine the size 

 and form of many of them. The most usual size held from 2^ to 3 gal- 

 lons, and was shaped as in the accomi)anying cut, restored from frag- 

 ments found in mound 15. 



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ri«. 25. Potter}', from mound near Naples, 111. 



Fragments from mound No. G measure at the rim, one 9 inches and 

 another about G, while those from mound 15 give the following : lOf 



