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before cultivation, was a succession of mounds, crowded closely together, 

 and the remains of many are still plainly visible. Some of these have been 

 excavated, and in most cases found to contain skeletons, which, upon 

 being exposed to the air, rapidly crumble away. In some cases stone 



