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fouiul tough, tempered clay, some bits of charcoal, but no remains. This 

 could not be regarded as an examination, being of so small a character. 

 Further work on this mound might unearth interesting relics. 



]^. — A lake is situated a short distance east of mound M, on the 

 farm of D. Kick, Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio. In 

 draining this pond a cache of flint implements was discovered. Speci- 

 mens of these im})lements may bo seen- in the Smithsonian i«*llection. 

 The remainder are in the author's possession. (See Smithsonian Iteport 

 of 1877, article by H. B. Case.) 



O, P. — There are mounds southeast of Odels' Lake, upon the summit 

 overlooking the lake, on the farm of J. Cannon. They were excavated 

 by Dr. Boden, of Big Prairie, Ohio, who has in his possession some teeth, 

 jaw bones, and long bones taken from them. He says that they should 

 be further examined. The author has not visited the mounds. 



Q. — A mound stands on the summit of Dow's Hill, one mile northeast 

 of LoudonA ille, just east of the Holmes County line. It was excavated 

 about 1855 by Dr. ]\ryers, of Fort Wayne, and D. Bust, who found a 

 skeleton near the center, whose structure is of stone and earth. The 

 top has since been leveled by the plow. In 187G, Mr. Lucien Bust 

 made some excavations upon the site of the mound, and great numbers 

 of stone were removed. At length a kind of pot or cist was unearthed, 

 which was about 18 inches in diameter and 8 or 9 inches deep. It was 

 formed of stone, and the edge was covered by other stones which made 

 a roof over the pot. The removal of this roof or top showed that the 

 cist was filled with charcoal, apparently closed while glowing coals. 

 About 4 feet below this charcoal deposit human remains were found, 

 reposing horizontally. Near the left hand was a perforated stone hav- 

 ing the figure of a l)ird, resembling slightly the iiheasant, scratched upon 

 it. A part of a bone implement was also found. The bone, which is of 

 firmer texture than the human bones, and is perhaps a jiart of the leg- 

 bone of a deer, had been perforated, evidently with a stone drill. Lying 

 across this lower skeleton and some distance above it were the remains 

 of another. But little of the mound has been excavated, and further ex- 

 amination should be made. From the mound the view of the surround- 

 ing country is very fine. The mound i)roper has been obliterated for 

 some years, but the site can be observed hj a slight elevation and the 

 great number of stones scattered about and upon it. There must have 

 been a kind of hollow made in the Waverly shale which lies near the 

 surface upon the underlying Waverly sandstone, of which the hill is 

 composed, because when one digs the same depth elsewhere on the hill 

 the shaly sandstone is penetrated. The stone implement is in the pos- 

 session of L. Bust, Loudonville; the bones, bone implement, and char- 

 coal are in the authors cabinet. 



11. — This mound, .similar to mound Q, is situated just north of Loudon- 

 ville, on the summit of Bald Knob. For a long time it was supposed 

 by The citizens of Loudonville to have been formed by counterfeiters in 



