780 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Commenciug now at Mosquito Inlet, on the east coast, and going 

 south, I will mention the mounds on the Hillsboro' River, Mosquito 

 Lagoon, Indian and Banana Rivers, and Lake Worth, as far as I have 

 been able to discover and locate them or learn of them. But first I 

 will mention a mound on the farm of Mr. Andrew Bostrom, on the Hal- 

 ifax River, north of the inlet and nearly opposite Ormond. This mound 

 is just south of the house and close to the bank of the river. It was 

 originally about 50 feet through at the base and 6 ieet high, but has 

 since been cut through on the western side to form a road. 



There is also a high sand mound a few rods south of Smith's place, 

 abour a mile south of Bostrom's, on the same side of the river. 



South of Mosquito Inlet the first mound is at " the extreme north end 

 of Block Hummock, 3 miles west of Mosquito Inlet." This is described 

 by A. M. Harrison, assistant United States Coast Survey,* who found 

 in it human skulls and several peculiar beads. 



We come next to the large shell heap at lis ew Smyrna. This is a 

 kjokkeumodding, about 20 or 25 feet high, 300 feet long by 150 wide. 

 It contains broken pottery. There is a country store upon it. There 

 is a shell mound opposite, not a kjokkenmodding, at Captain Briggs's, 

 formerly Alden's place, which is mentioned by D. G. Brinton, M. D., 

 in Smithsonian Report, 1866, p. 357. Half a mile south of isTew Smyrna, 

 on the west side, is another large shell heap near the river, with a house 

 ui>on it. 



One mile and nearly three-quarters south of Xew Smyrna, on the 

 same side, is a large shell heap upon which are the ruins of Turnbull's 

 Castle, and just north of it Turnbull's Canal. The canal and castle 

 were built by the English during their occupancy of this region. 



South of the post-office in New Smyrna, at a distance of 5f miles, is 

 a mound on the west side, near the river and Mr. R. Burdick's place, 

 which is known as the Fox mound. 



Six and a half miles south of New Smyrna and on the same side 

 is a very large shell mound, with a house upon it. The place is known 

 as Childs's, but is now owned by Mr. F. J. Lockwood. It is about 30 

 feet high and 400 feet long on the river. Directly opposite this, and 

 halfway to the ocean, in the middle of the large mangrove marsh, is a 

 shell heap on a branch of Cedar Creek. It is about 15 feet high and 

 CO feet in diameter at the base, which has been partly washed away by 

 the waters of the narrow creek. If this place was chosen for conceal- 

 ment, the builders were eminently successful, as it is very difficult of 

 access and effectually hidden by the thick mangrove trees. It seems 

 incredible that human beings would ever have chosen such a place for 

 a habitation, unless to escape discovery from an enemy. The island 

 upon which the mound stands is all mangrove marsh. 



One mile south of Childs's, by the west passage, is a large mound on 

 a small island near the west bank, known as "Brick-house Mound." 



* Smithsonian Report, 1877, p. 305. 



