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214 feet; length of plaue of summit, 181 feet; width of plane of sum- 

 mit, 82 J feet ; sloping side, a little diagonal, 125 feet ; estimated height 

 of pyramid, 95 feet. 



The plan of the base, and also that of the summit of this pyramid, 

 may be said to be rectangular, their length and breadth being ns stated 

 above. The direction of the longer side of the mound is IST. 1(1° W., 

 varying only 10° from a due north and south line. At the south end of 

 this pyramid there is a i)it from which it is supposed the earth ol which 

 the mound is composed was originally excavated. A well has been at 

 some time sunk into about the center of this mound to a consider- 

 able depth, probably in search of treasures, but apparently without suc- 

 cess. 



Starting from the middle of the western side of the base of the pyra- 

 mid and running S. 81° W. 14 chains, we arrive at a conical mound, 

 which I have denominated No. 2. The circutnference of this monnd is 

 210t} feet; the diameter 72 feet; the sloping side 43i feet; the height of 

 axis of cone 24 feet. From the west side of mound No. 2, running S. 

 .80° W. 23 chains, we come to mound No. 3, which has a diameter and 

 a height nearly the same as those of No. 2. At a distance of 17 chailrs 

 from the western base of mound No. 2 we come to the inner wall, or 

 breastwork. Commencing at the eastern terminus of the southern wing 



