EARTH-WORK IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO. &51 



The bones secured were the femora humeri, the left radius, pelvis, and 

 fragments of ribs. No cranium or backbone could be found. None of 

 the bones would admit of scientific investigation, save the right hume- 

 rus and left radius. The former is 12$ inches in extreme length. 



Under the ash-bed were three layers of partially burned limestone, 

 the three layers being 15 inches thick. The stone was regularly put 

 together having the edges to fit so that no break appeared. Nothing 

 occurred between the three layers. The bottom layer was placed upon 

 the original surface of the ground. The stone was of good quality and 

 still could be used for buildiug purposes. 



OTHER EXPLORATIONS. 



I personally opened three mounds in Franklin Township, Warren 

 County, Ohio. One of these occurred on section 23, northwest quarter, 

 on the land of James McLane. The mound is removed 2£ njiles from the 

 Great Miami and located on the side of the rise of ground from the sec- 

 ond to the third river terrace. It has a commanding view of the coun- 

 try to the northwest, and from which a light on the great mound at 

 Miamisburg could be seen. The mound, to my certain knowledge, has 

 been plowed over for the last twenty-nine years. It is low, and covered 

 with a clayey soil mixed with sand. The apex is not over 2 feet above 

 the general surface. Under the made land I struck an ash-bed 3 feet 

 thick, considerably mixed with charcoal. In this bed I found a barbed 

 spear-head, 3 inches long, made out of a bluish-gray chert. 



On the southwest quarter, section 22, on the land of George McLean, 

 between the Franklin and Red River turnpike and the township line, 

 are two mounds, one 6 feet and the other 4 feet in height. Both of 

 these I opened, but in each was only an unstratified ash-bed, mixed 

 with charcoal. 



The three mounds above described are isolated. There is no evidence 

 that they were used either for signal or sepulchral mounds. From the 

 two latter a good view of the country in any direction could be ob- 

 tained, althoughrlocated upon the third river terrace. Had they been 

 placed one-sixteenth of a mile farther north, a commanding view of the 

 Great Miami River would have been obtained. 



AN EARTH-WORK IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO. 



By J. P. MacLean, of Hamilton, Ohio. 



In company with Lafayette Ferris, on the 21st of July, 1883, I made 

 a survey of an inclosure in Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, 

 located 1£ miles southwest of the village of Pricetown. It is covered 

 with forest trees of the same variety and growth as those found in the 

 immediate vicinity. On top of the embankment, at the point n in the 



