GROWING IN PENNSYLVANIA. 177 



The annexed figure reprefents the other particularities 

 and fpecific charaders of the plant, which I fhall call 

 Hcteratidra renifonnis. 



(Signed) BEAUVOIS. 



K". XXI. 



A Letter from Colonel Winthrop Sargent, to Dr. 

 B £ N J A JM I N S M I T H B \ R T o N , accompanying Draziings 

 and fame Account of certain Articles^ which were taken out 

 of an ancient Tunmlus, or Grave, in the JVeJiern-Country. 



Cincinnati, N. W. Territory, Sep. 8th, i 75)4. 



Read May T H A V E tlic plcafurc, my dear Sir, to tranfmit 

 so, 1796. J_ jQ^ ^ drawing of fome matters more extra- 

 ordinary than have heretofore come under my obferva- 

 tion, in all the refearches into the antiquities of this coun- 

 try. The multiplicity of my avocations leaves not leifurc 

 for more than rough delineations ; and you muft be con- 

 tented to receive them in this ftyle. I pofTefs all the ori- 

 ginals, and intend by fome fafe conveyance prefenting 

 them to the Philofophical Society, fhould they believe 

 them of importance enough for a depofit of my difpo- 

 fition to promote the purpofes of their inftitution. The 

 drawing, perhaps, is too impcrfea: to ftandthetcfl of cri- 

 ticifm, and it might not be prudent to hazard it to their 

 view. Your judgment, however, fhould govern.* 



It may be proper to add, that the body with which this 

 colledion was interred, was found lying in nearly a hori- 

 zontal pofition, about five feet from the furface of the 



* Since the date of this letter, the Philofophical Society have received 

 tlie articles. From comparing them with the drawings, it appears that the 

 ktvtraie, in general, fufficisntly correa. B. S. B. 



earth. 



