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large settlement ever existed in the neighborhood of the canal. Unless 

 marked chaDges have occurred in the land by the opening of i)asses 

 since the excavation was made, there is no apparent reason why so 

 much labor was bestowed on the work. 



Along the Gulf shore, for a distance of 150 feet inland from high- 

 water mark, there exists a Hat sand bank about 4 feet above the gen- 

 eral surface of the peninsula, and this deposit has apparently blocked 

 up the Gulf end of the canal. The canal at the head of the Caloosa- 

 hatchee connects with the river and ends abruptly inland. 



The canal crossing Pine Island is less than 4 miles from its northern 

 end, and there is no apparent object why the excavation was made. 

 The width, depth, and general appearance of all the canals are the 

 same. 



MOUNDS m ALACHUA COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



By James Bell, of Gainesville, Fla. 



There are at least fifty mounds within 20 miles of Gainesville, Flor- 

 ida. The accompanying sketch gives the location of six which have 

 been examined, and of which the descriptions are given in this paper. 



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Mound No. 1 was 7 feet high and 30 feet in diameter, and located in 

 a cleared field which has been plowed over for the last twenty years. 



