MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 631 



NEW KIVER MOUNDS, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA. 



By William J. Taylor, of NashrilU; Ga. 



The mouucls described in tliis paper, two in number, arc situated on 

 a dry sandy level of pine and oak land near the edge of a hunmoek 

 which skirts the creek in the ninth district of Berrien County, G jorgia. 

 They are about 300 yards from the creek and 100 yards from a branch 

 emptying into the creek. This site is on lot numbered 275, and G 

 miles southwest from the town of Nashville. 



The mounds had been partially explored previously to our examina- 

 tion, but the following is an account of our results : 



Mound No. 1 was 30 feet wide and 4 feet high, and perfectly cir- 

 cular at the base. The earth composing it was obtained from a saucer- 

 shaped excavation, now 8 feet across and 1 foot deep. At the bottom 

 of this depression were found charred wood, ashes, and pieces of burnt 

 pine wood, which appeared to have been placed there when the inter- 

 ment was made. 



Mound No. 2 resembled No. 1 in every respect. The growth on both 

 mounds were wire-grass, sedge, bushes of the red oak and post oak. 

 The early settlers and the Indians whom they encountered were alike 

 ignorant of the origin of these relics of the past. 



ANCIENT CANALS IN FLORIDA. 



By Charles J. Kenworthy, of Jacksonville, Fla. 



In November and December, 1877, I indulged in a sail-boat cruise 

 from Key West to Cedar Keys, and en route found and superficially ex- 

 amined an ancient canal in township 50 south, range 25 east. The 

 accompanying drawing gives a sketch of the locality. 



The canal is at present 12 feet wide at the bottom, and about 40 at 

 the top. The embankment on each side is about 4 feet higher than the 

 original surface. Engineering skill was manifested in laying out the 

 canal, for its first 600 feet are at right angles with the coast line, after 

 which it trends to the eastward. Those canals were not erected by our 

 indolent Indians, and in my opinion they were made by another race. 

 Three years ago I made a boat trip from Cedar Keys to Charlotte Har- 

 bor, on Lake Okeechobee. On my return I superficially examined a 

 canal at Pine Island, Charlotte Ilarbor. 



Some of the largest mounds in the State have been constructed near 

 the southwest end of the canal. In my opinion the mounds have been 

 made since the canal was excavated. I was anxious to make an exami 

 nation to determine the date of the mound-building as regards the canal, 



