MOUNDS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 



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In "Ancient Monuments," page 116, is a small sketch of graded mounds 

 encircled by an earthwork, situated in Bolivar County, Mississippi, near 

 Williams's Bayou, in the Choctaw Bend, one mile and a half from the 

 Mississippi Biver. In Mr. Hough's notes is a rough sketch of a similar 

 group in the same locality, and said to be on the plantation of Mr. Will- 

 iam P. Perkins (Fig. 2). 





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Fig. 2. 



No. 1 is 25 yards square at the top and 50 yards square at the base, 

 with a graded way reaching from the top to the bottom. 



No. 2 is 20 yards square at the top, 45 yards at the base, 15 feet high, 

 with a road leading from the top to the base. 



Nos. 3 and 4 are circular at the base, with a diameter of 10 yards, each 

 5 feet high. 



The circular earth wall surrounding the group is 250 yards in diam- 

 eter and 3 feet high. 



No. 5 is a circular mound on P. Williamson's plantation 20 yards in 

 diameter and feet high. 



The similarity of these measurements with those given in "Ancient 

 Monuments," page 116, leads us to believe that the two sketches are 

 meant for the same group. The difference of position in the graded 

 ways makes it desirable to have the ground resurveyed by a competent 

 topographer. 



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