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the same people who built the mounds, as there is not a possibility that 

 either could have been an intrusive burial. These skulls are shown in 

 Fig. 24, a and c side views, and h and d back views ; and in Fig. 26, a 

 and c top views. 



The vast dilBference between these two skulls can only be understood 

 by an examination of them, and no better illustration could be found of 

 the futility of attempting to establish a typical form for the mound- 

 builders. 



In figure 25, a is the skull of a modern Indian buried just below the 

 surface in a mound in the town of Meredosia, 5 miles from Naples, and 



B f 



Fig. 26. Mound crania, from mounds near Naples, HI. 



is only figured here for comparison with the others. It is a short, wide 

 skull, and admirably corresponds with the ideal Indian skidl of Dr. 



