180 A NATURE WOOING. 



made with some pointed instrument. In several of 

 the pieces (Fig. 55) sets of parallel lines are arranged 

 so that they meet at an angle. In one instance a de- 

 sign of regular and symmetrical squares, one within 

 another, is present (Fig 56). 



Fig. 56 Piece of Pottery taken from Ormond Shell Mound. 



Several of the fragments with traced markings 

 have a rim much thicker than the sides of the ves- 

 sel. In the one represented by Fig 55, the rim is 

 21 mm. thick, while the lower part of the piece is but 

 10 mm. In another fragment, with the outer surface 

 undecorated, the rim is 31 mm. thick, and has its 

 upper surface marked with numerous sets of parallel 

 lines which meet each other at different angles, while 

 the thickness of the sides is but 9 mm. In this piece 

 the rim projects both outwardly and inwardly above 

 the sides, but the inner projection is much more 

 marked. It is evidently a part of a large jar rather 



