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Five miles south of Fort Gates we came to the outlet of Lake George. 

 Here on the east side, on land of Martin Hyas, are two mounds aud two 

 shell heaps, in Eange 26, Township 13, East and South. These were 

 pointed out to me by Judge Bartlett, of Georgetown, whom I found very 

 kind and obliging, and who left his oflice and took me through the hum- 

 mock to the locality. On Lake George are additional remains, as fol- 

 lows : 



1. On the west shore, commencing at the northern end, there is a shell 

 mound directly west of Hog Island. 



2. One on Salt Run, 1 mile up the run. 



3. One at the mouth of Silver Euu. 



4. A very large shell-bluff on land of Damon Greenleaf, at the mouth 

 of Silver Spring. The shell mounds noticed near Silver Lake, and oue 

 2 mdes up Juniper Creek, are given on the authority of Professor Jef- 

 fries Wyman.* 



Passing around the southern extremity of the lake to the east shore, 

 at the influx of the Saint John's, at a place called Lake View, we find a 

 very large mound on land of Mr. Rapes. 



Next on the Acosta grant. Range 27 S., Township 13 E., on Dr. Lente's 

 place, called Seville, there are several small mounds. 



We now leave Lake George, and passing up the river to Volusia find 

 there a large cone-shaped mound at the landing on the east side of the 

 river. This mound appears to be nearly 20 feet high, aud at least 300 

 feet in diameter at the base. There is a house and orange grove upon it. 

 It is irregular in shape, and was probably built on hilly ground. Pro- 

 fessor Wyman speaks of a shell deposit there and a mound at Fort But- 

 ler, opposite, but we saw nothing of them. The next shell mounds 

 observed by us are those called Orange Bluff and Bartram's mound, 

 near the outlet of Lake Dexter. These are also mentioned by Professor 

 Wyman.t He also speaks of two between these and the last mentioned, 

 which we did not see. 



The next shell mound visited is at Saint Joseph's, 7 miles north of 

 Osceola, on the west bank of the river. There is a house on it. We did 

 not stop again until we arrived at Blue Springs. There are several shell- 

 heaps shown on the map in this distance which had been examined by 

 Professor Wyman, so we did not stop for them, but contented ourselves 

 with a view of them as we sailed along. The one on the west bank at 

 the outlet of Lake Beresford appeared very large. The other one is half 

 a mile south of Palm Landing, aud one a mile south, both on the east 

 side. At Blue Springs I was fortunate in meeting Mr. L. P. Thursby, 

 to whom I am indebted for valuable information, as was Professor 

 Wyman on his visit. We found there the shell heaps mentioned by the 

 latter on both sides of the Blue Spring outlet. 



The next shell mound is at Mr. Scott's, called Barker's Landing, on 



* Fresh-icatei' shell mounds of the Saint John's River, Florida, p. 38. 

 MUd., pp. 35, 37. 



