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even this is a Yenetian pattern. Among many varieties of glass beads, 

 the Wbeeler Survey has the cornaliue cl' Aleppo from excavations near 

 Santa Barbara, Oal. (Dos Pueblos, Big Bonanza), also another Venetian 

 variety with the center black instead of white. Both kinds are used 

 by the modern Utes. It deserves mention that Professor Henry has 

 recently procured for the Smithsonian Institution a fine collection of Ve- 

 netian beads for comparison in this branch of archteology. 



COLORED BEAD DUG FROM A MOUND AT THE EXTREME NORTH EXD OF 

 BLACK HAMMOCK, THREE MILES WEST OF MOSQUITO INLET, EASTERN 

 COAST OF FLORIDA. 



By A. M. Harrison, Assistant, Coast Survey. 



Imbedded in the roots near one of the skulls was found a small gold 

 bead, and another larger one of such peculiar material and construction 

 that a description of it will not be amiss. (See Fig. 1, in preceding- 

 article). It is cylindrical, 1^ inches long, 1 inch in diameter through the 

 center, and one-half inch across the hexagonal ends. When taken from 

 the ground, parts of its surface had a peculiarly pearly or iridescent ap- 

 pearance, due to oxidation. Upon my return home I divided it length- 

 wise, and gave one-half in its original condition to the Superintendent 

 of the Coast Survey ; the other I had polished, and it is still in my 

 possession. It is brilliantly colored around the middle by dark and light 

 blue longitudinal bars, tapering toward the ends of the bead, which are 

 deep red, each bar being defined by a dead white line. Running length- 

 wise through the center is a variegated cylinder of op'ique and semi- 

 transparent enamel, or glass, which has a single perforation. Obviously, 

 a tube arranged in concentric layers of different colors was first made, 

 then cut into sections at intervals, and each section ground to the present 

 shape. It is beautifully tinted, and plainly the work of a skilled artisan. 



SHELL-HEAPS AT THE MOUTH OF SAINT JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA. 



By S. p. Mayberry, Ca;pe Elizabeth, Me. 



Fort George Island lies at the mouth of Saint John's Eiver, Florida. 

 It embraces 1,100 acres of high and dry " hammock" land, surrounded 

 on three sides by 1,800 acres of marsh. On the remaining part is a 

 sandy beach, which also extends along the mouth of the river four miles. 

 The island is very nearly level and covered with a dense growth of many 

 varieties of wood, among which are live and water oak, magnolia, hick- 

 ory, cedar, and pine. Mount Cornelia is a hill of sand about one-half 

 mile from the shore. It is estimated that there are forty acres covered 

 with large piles of oyster-shells, while many acres are covered with 

 20 s 



