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first dug superficially in several parts of it, and came to 

 collections of human bones, at different depths, from 

 six inches to three feet -below the surface, '^i'hese were 

 lying in the utmost confusion, some vertical, some ob- 

 lique, some horizontal, and directed to every point of 

 the compass, entangled, and held together in clusters 

 by the earth. Bones of the most distant parts were 

 found together, as, for instance, the small bones of the 

 foot in the hollow of a scull ; many sculls would some- 

 times be in contact, lying on the face, on the side, on 

 the back, top or bottom, so as, on the whole, to give the 

 idea of bones emptied promiscuously from a bag or 

 basket, and covered over with earth, without any atten- 

 tion to their order. The bones of which the greatest 

 numbers remained, were sculls, jaw bones, teeth, the 

 bones of the arms, thighs, legs, feet and hands. A few 

 ribs remained, some vertebrae of the neck and spine, 

 "without their processes, and one instance only of the* 

 bone which serves as a base to the vertebral column. 

 The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to 

 pieces on being touched. The other bones were strong- 

 er. There were some teeth which were judged to be 

 smaller than those of an adult ; a scull, which on a slight 

 view, appeared to be that of an infant, but it fell to pieces 

 on being taken out, so as to prevent satisfactory exami- 

 nation ; a rib, and a fragment of the under jaw of a per- 

 son about half grown; another rib of an infant ; and 

 part of the jaw of a child, which had not cut its teeth. 

 This last furnishing the most decisive proof of the burial 

 of children here, I was particular in my attention to it. 

 It was part of the right half of the under jaw. The 

 processes, by which it was attenuated to the temporal 

 bones, were entire, and the bone itself firm to where it 

 had been broken off, which, as nearly as i could judge, 

 was about the place of the eye-tooth. Its upper edge, 

 wherein would have been the sockets of the teeth, was 

 perfectly smooth. iMeasuring it with that of an adult, 

 by placing their hinder processes together, its broken 



* The OS sacrum. 

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