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No. 2 was a layer of old lava, much decomposed, looking like a cake of 

 cinder. 



No. 3, of gritty ash, much like the main body of No. 1. 



No. 4 was of black sand similar to that now forming the neighboring beach. 



The first urn exhumed was spherical in form, with a round pot-shaped cap. 

 The urn was 26 inches in diameter and T V inch in thickness. The diameter of 

 the cap was 18 inches, with a depth of 13. One of the workmen, five feet five 

 inches high and weighing 125 pounds, squatted comfortably in this urn, his head 



Fig. 1. Pig. 2. 



No. 22,387 



No. 22,343. 



Pig. 3. 





No. 22,384. 

 Oblong burial urns. 



being amply covered by the cap. ' The urn was ornamented with raised serpen- 

 tine tracings. 



Pig. 4. 



Fig. 5. 



No. 32,773. 



No. 22,320. 



Round burial urns. 



