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across by eight-sixteenths high, made of two pieces sold- 

 ered together, two small blue glass beads, and two small 

 polished jasper pebbles. The bell containing nothing to 

 produce a sound, and the fact that only two beads were 

 found, after a careful examination of the soil, lead to the 

 supposition that these beads were once contained in the 

 bell. With all of these bodies was found in varying 

 quantities a dark red substance like ochre, which com- 

 pletely covered some of the bones. 



These remains were found at a depth of from twenty 

 to twenty-two inches, and had placed at both ends of each 

 body a large rock upon which they were partly resting. 

 Two of the rocks are shown in the photograph. 



Prof. E. S. MORSE spoke of the importance of these 

 relics in an archaeological point of view, and the especial 

 value of the skeleton upon the table, such carefully secured 

 specimens being exceedingly rare. He also made some 

 remarks upon stone and other relics, contending that the 

 similarity of arrowheads wherever found was no indication 

 of a community of origin, but rather of a common neces- 

 sity which impelled to the fashioning of these implements 

 in the forms which practical experience proved the sim- 

 plest and most natural. He likewise complimented Mr. 

 Cooke for the care and skill which he had displayed in the 

 preservation of the remains. 



Some conversation then took place about the custom of 

 depositing mementos in graves. A suggestion was made 

 that the worthless character of many of the relics found 

 in Indian graves, such as broken pottery, etc., indicated 

 the poverty of the Indians, but it was stated that the 

 negro tribes in Africa, although quite as poor, were in 

 the habit of burying really valuable articles with their 



