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the west, but has not been known to reach it. The body of the mound 

 has an irregular figure, as shown in the plan. It is longest on tlie 

 meridian, its diameter in that direction being about 270 feet. On the to]) 

 is a nearly level area of about an acre, the average height of which is 50 

 feet above the base. A broad ramp or graded way (1) winds upward 

 from the plain, around the south face of the mound, to the area on the 

 top. 



Like some of the pyramids of Egypt, it has two smaller ones as tenders : 

 ^ne on the south, (7; another to the southeast, B; each about 100 feet 

 distant, their bases nearly square, and of nearly equal dimensions. If 

 they were not in the shadow of the great mound they would attract 

 attention for their size and regularity. The ground at i? is 3 feet higher 

 than at (7. All of them are truncated. The mound G is not a perfectly 

 regular figure, but approaches a square, with one side broken into three 

 lines. Its height above base is 18 feet. The bearing of its western side 

 is north 10° west, and the length on the ground 47 i)aces, having been 

 Bomewhat spread out by plowing around the foot. On the east is a 



Fig. 2. 



ramp, with a slope of one to two degrees which allows of ready ascent 

 by persons on foot. 



The slopes of all the mounds are very steep and quite perfect, in 

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