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member of the group ? Of irregular and animal mounds a sketch 

 with measurements of the different prominent parts should be given. 



9. Of what material are they composed ? 



10. How is this material arranged, especially near the centre? 



11. What is the construction of the centre of the work ? 



12. Where was the material used in the formation probably ob- 

 tained ? 



13. Have any of the mounds been explored ? Designate which 

 ones on a plat. 



14. If explored, what ai'chseological objects were found in them ? 



15. What have become of those objects? 



16. If any account of them or of the exploration has been pub- 

 lished, where, and by whom ? 



17. Have the mounds or earthworks been injured by weather- 

 ing or by cultivation? 



18. Are trees growing upon any of them ? If so, of what kind 

 and dimensions ? 



SHELL-HEAPS. 



19. What is the number of shell-heaps in your vicinity ? 



20. What is the location of the deposits with respect to the 

 water and other natural features ? 



21. Has there been any change in the shore to submerge them, 

 to carry a portion of them away, or to bring them above the water 

 line and away from the beach ? 



22. What is the length, breadth, and depth of each ? 



23. Of what are they composed? Collect specimens of each 

 species of shells. 



24. What is the nature and depth of the superincumbent soil ? 



25. What vegetable substance used as food or for other purposes 

 occur in them ? 



26. What animal or human remains have been found in them ? 



27. Were the bones whole, charred, or fractured ? 



