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No. 25. Distant north 10 east one hundred and fourteen feet, 



and following this course one hundred and thirty-two feet 



we arrive at an elevation on its margin, as is also the case 



with No. 24, and which we have numbered 26. 



No. 26. Of which the base is eighty-nine feet and height ten or 



twelve. It is distant W.NW. from No. 19,538 feet. 

 No. 27. Is the largest mound, of an elongated-oval form, with a 

 large step on the eastern side, distance north from No. 



26 1,463 feet.* 



Longitudinal base 319 " 



Longitudinal top 136 " 



Transverse base 158 " 



Transverse top 11 " 



Step transversely 79 " 



Height by measurement 34 " 



At the distance of a mile to the westward is said to be another 

 large mound. / 



On the summit of No. 27 are found several graves. "We opened 

 five of them, but in one only were we fortunate in finding anything 

 interesting, and all that this contained was a solitary tooth of a 

 species of rat, together with the vertebrae and ribs of a serpent of 

 moderate size and in good preservation; but whether the animal had 

 been buried by the natives, or had perished there after having found 

 admittance through some hole, we could not determine." These 

 graves are similar to many found on the hills in the neighboring 

 countr}', and evidently contained the relics of a more modern people 

 than those who erected the mounds. "They do not rise above the 

 general surface, but their presence is ascertained by the vertical 

 stones which enclose them and project a little at either end of the 

 grave. When the included earth and the numerous horizontal flat 

 stones are removed, we find the sides neatly constructed of long flat 

 stones vertically implanted and adapted to each other, edge to edge, 

 so as to form a continuous wall. The graves are usually three or four 

 feet, though sometimes six feet in length." 



The city has long since been extended over these mounds, and 

 although the marks of the sites of some of the larger are still seen, 

 all vestiges of the greater number have been obliterated. 



<* The relative position of this mound could not be correctly given on the map without 

 increasing the length to an inconvenient extent. Its true relative place would be consid- 

 erably beyond the northern margin of the map. 



