384 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



right bank of Walnut Bayou, in Madison Parish, Louisiana, seven miles 

 from the Mississippi River, surveyed by Mr. Hough for Mr. McBride. 

 Plate XXX I X>>i' that work gives a graphic representation of the group. 

 The mounds described in the present sketch are situated about four 

 miles east of the Mississippi River, nearly opposite Point Chicot, about 

 latitude 33° 30' N, a mile or more from Williams on the west, and two 

 miles from the Black Bayou in the same' direction, and near the road 

 leading from William R. Campbell's plantation, on the Mississippi River, 

 in Washington County, Mississippi, to the Mississippi River above, at 

 Colonel Wm. Perkins's plantation, in Choctaw Bend, Bolivar County, 

 Mississippi. 



No. 1 is 20 yards by 15 yards on the top, 40 yards by 30 yards at the 

 base, and 8 feet high. 



No. 2 is 12 yards by 9 yards on the top, 25 yards by 20 yards at the 

 base, and 6 feet high. 



No. 3 is 10 yards in base diameter and 4 feet high. 



No. 4 is of the same dimensions as No. 3. 



No. 5 is 10 yards by 6 yards on the top, 20 yards by 15 yards at the 

 base, and 5 feet high. 



A graded way leads from No. 2 to No. 1, and from No. 1 to No. 5, 

 and thence to No. 6, about 5 yards wide and 3 feet high. 



No. G is 25 yards square on the top, 110 by 130 yards at the base, and 

 35 feet high. There is a platform at the south end 25 yards wide and 

 10 feet high, and another at the north end 10 yards wide and G feet 

 high. A road leads from the top to near the edge of the platform at the 

 north end. 



No. 7 is 20 yards square on the top, 50 yards square at the base, and 

 15 feet high. A road leads from the top to the level ground at the south 

 end, and another from the base on the north to No. 8. 



No. 8 is 20 yards square on the top, 50 yards square at the base, and 

 13 feet high. 



No. 9 is 20 yards by 10 yards on the top, 40 yards by 30 yards at the 

 base, and feet high. A road leads from the top to the bottom on the 

 north side. 



No. 10 is 25 yards by 10 yards on the top, 40 yards by 30 yards at the 

 base, and led high. A road leads from the top to the bottom on the 

 north side. 



No. 11 is 15 yards square on the top and 35 yards square at the base. 



No. 12 is 40 yards by 30 yards on the top, 140 yards by L30 yards at 

 the base, 55 feet high, with a platform at the northeast corner 25 yards 

 wide and 10 feet high. A road leads from the top at the east end by a 

 regular grade to the outer edge of the platform. At the west end of the 

 top there is an excavation 25 feet by 30 feet and 6 feet deep. A road 

 25 feel (yards?) wide and 4 feet high leads to No. 13. 



No. 13 is 25 yards by 15 yards on the top, 40 yards by 30 yards at the 

 base, and 8 feet high. 



