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well preserved. No relics were found in these mounds nor in the 

 surrounding fields. 



No. 3. In this three well-preserved skeletons were found, in 

 sitting posture, at the level of the original ground surface; {a) 

 one skeleton faced the east; the second (/^), in front of {a), faced 

 it; the third, a few inches north of (a), faced the east. The 

 skulls of all three of these skeletons were markedly Neanderthal- 



FiG. 4. 



oid in type. In one specimen the lower forehead back of the eye 

 orbits is very narrow, but rapidly expands backward ; the frontal 

 arch rises only 4.7 mm. before sloping abruptly backward, leav- 

 ing a concavity back of and over the eyes. The largest cranium 

 was dyl inches long by 5 inches wide. One skull appears to be 

 that of a woman ; another appears to have belonged to an aged 



person. The structure of this mound is reported. The 



upper 3)4 feet was of yellow clay soil unlike that in the immedi- 

 ate neighborhood; under this came i)4 feet of earth and ashes, 

 very hard, with scattered bits of charcoal ; then, at the original 

 level, the skeletons. 



No. 4. Two sitting skeletons were found at the original 

 ground level. The crania were crushed, but some of the long 

 bones were preserved. These indicate great muscular develop- 

 ment and lofty stature. Structure: the upper i^ feet were 



