92 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIEXCES. 



these were added, on behalf of the ladies, Mrs. C. E. Putnam 

 and Mrs. C. C. Parrj. 



Dr. It. J. Farquharson reported a considerable correspondence 

 in regard to the tablets recently discovered by the Rev. Mr. 

 Gass, and that much interest had been manifested in them, and 

 " serious doubts expressed as to their genuineness. If truly the 

 work of the mound builders, they were by far the most impor- 

 tant relics that have yet been found. In order to satisfy these 

 doubts, Mr. Gass has prepared a detailed statement and com. 

 plete history of the mound in which these tablets were found. 



The following paper M'as read : 



A Connected Account of the Explorations of Mound No. 3, Cook's 



Farm Group. 

 BY REA'. J. GASS. 



To the Academy of Natural Sciences : 



Although a second partial report of the explorations of the Mound 

 designated in A^ol. I of these Proceedings as Mound No. 3 of the Cook 

 Farm Group, has been submitted, it seems to be desirable to present a more 

 particular description in connection with diagrams so as to afford a con- 

 nected representation of all the facts and the results of the investigation, 

 and especially so as some errors occurred in the former description and 

 illustration, and also from the fact that on account of recent discoveries 

 this mound has become an object of especial interest. My own ideas re- 

 garding the discoveries I will present on a future occasion, giving here 

 only the facts. 

 South. a be c North. 



d e f d' 



FIG 8. — Scale, about 10 feet to one inch. 



Mound No. 3 is the largest of this group, and is situated on the highest 

 ground in the vicinity (Plate I and page 119, Vol. I, Proc. D. A. N. S.). 



Fig. 8. — Vertical section of Mound No. 3, Cook Farm Group. 



Fig. 9.— Plan of same mound ; so far as the layers of shells and stones extend. 



a, Position of limestones met with in the first excaration, one foot below the surface, b, Po- 

 sition of human remains first met with, c, c', Upper shell bed. d, d', Lower shell bed. e, Cavi- 

 ty ex- avated at the north side of grare A. f, Position of the tablets, e, s, Limits of shell bed 

 bordered by a row or layer of stones. 



