PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 773 



From Mr, P. B. Bishop there I learned of a mound about 15 feet high, 

 30 feet in diameter, on the southeastern shore of Orange Lake, Marion 

 County. 



The next place of interest on our route was a shell bluff near Buffalo 

 Bluff, on the east side of the river. Here we found human and other 

 bones and pottery in abundance. The bluff was about 6 feet high, and 

 the locality gave evidence of having been a residing station of an 

 ancient people. This place is only a short distance south of the mouth 

 of Dunn's Creek. A little further on we came to Mr. White's, on the 

 same side of the river. From him I obtained the following data : There 

 are three mounds here on Mr. White's land, and three shell-heaps partly 

 on his land and partly on that of his neighbor, Mr. McDean. There is 

 also a shell-heap on the opposite or west side of the river, about a 

 quarter of a mile from the bank, claimed by Mr. White to be the largest 

 in the State ; and a shell-heap and mound three-quarters of a mile south 

 of Mr. White's, on the east bank, on land known as the Hernandez 

 grant. There are, besides these, one on the west bank, 2 miles south 

 of Mr. White's, which is very large ; one opposite this, on the east 

 bank ; a very large one on the east bank, 4 miles south of Mr. White's; 

 a very large one on the east bank, 6 miles south, on land of Mr. Wells ; 

 another very large one on the east bank, 13 miles south of Mr. White's, 

 at a place now called Beecher, at the entrance of Little Lake George ; 

 and, finally, one on the east shore and one on the west shore, 2 miles 

 sonth of Beecher. 



On the east side of Dunn's Creek is a mound with earthworks and 

 fosse. There is another mound on the same side of the creek, at its 

 junction with the Saint John's, on land of Mr. Wells, or very near his 

 line ; and one on the other side of the creek, on Mr. John Wells's land. 



On Bear Island, in Dunn's Lake, there are mounds, and others on 

 both sides of the lake. Mr. Wells's house, at Nashua, Putnam County, 

 east bank of the Saint John's, is situated upon a large shell heap. There 

 is another about half a mile north of Mr. Wells's, on the same side ; and 

 still another west of Mr. Wells's, about a quarter of a mile from the 

 river, on the first island in the swamp. There is also a shell-heap on 

 the west side of the Saint John's, half a mile north of the mouth of the 

 Ocklawaha Eiver and half a mile from the Saint John's Eiver. We 

 passed the celebrated Mount Eoyal, but did not go ashore to examine 

 it, as it has been so fully described by Bartram and Professor Wyman. 

 There was a large shell heap (kjokkenmodding) at Fort Gates, on the 

 opposite side of the river from Mount Eoyal and a little to the south. 

 Here Dr. Lente found an arched fire-place or oven, with numerous bones 

 of turtle, deer, and other animals, together with human bones, on land 

 belonging to himself, about 30 feet from the wharf. The arch, he stated, 

 was perfect, and was found several feet below the surface of the kjok- 

 kenmodding as it was being leveled. He informed me that it exhibited 

 the true principle of the arch. 



