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2. a, Wilkes County. Size 14 by 9i^ inches. U. S. N. M. No. 339003. b, Cald- 

 well County. Size 11% by 7% inches. U. S. N. M. No. 82912. Wilkes and 

 Caldwell are adjoining counties and are within the old Cherokee country. 



8. Mitchell County. Size IGVo by 11 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 27016. This is an 

 unusually massive, rough vessel, and although it may not have been finished 

 it had been used. 



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Finished vessels from Florida and Alabama. 



1. Florida. Putnam County. Collected by Prof. S. F. Baird in 1877. The vessel 



is symmetrical, of uniform thickness, and smoothed from use. The rim is 

 hexagonal in outline, wall divided into six well-defined sections. Size SM: 

 by 4^ inches. U. S. N. M. No. 30217. 



2. Florida. Found on Pinellas Point, Pinellas County, on the north side of 



Tampa Bay, 1869. The stone is soft and the walls are thin and very rough. 

 The vessel may not have been finished. A small circular base permits it to 

 be placed in an upright position. Size 14l^ by 71/2 inches. U. S. N. M. 

 No. 7974. 



3. Alabama. A large rough vessel found in Tallapoosa County. Size 11% by 



7 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 32280. A detail of the vessel, showing one handle, 

 is given in text figure 7. 



