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west, outside, was 14 feet; the breadth to the edge of the indented 
portion was 10 feet; had the curve continued normally on the north 
the breadth would have been 12 feet. The average height of the 
wall, inside, was 2 feet 2 inches. On the north side, just east of the 
indentation, the wall passed over the body or bones of an infant, 
lying on the natural surface, with the head toward the east, probably 
placed here some time before the others were interred, as the stones 
scarcely would have been piled directly upon the unprotected 
remains. 
Outside of and close to the north wall a grave was dug a foot into 
the subsoil. This was 7 feet 8 inches long east and west, 2 feet 4 
inches wide. It contained the body of an adult about 6 feet long, 
lying on its back with the head toward the east; the teeth were 
much worn. This burial may have been prior to or contempora- 
neous with those in the vault. If the former, it was so recent that 
the site of the grave was remembered and the wall curved to avoid 
covering it; if the latter, there was probably some good reason for 
not including it within the vault. The burial could scarcely have 
been subsequent to the interments in the vault, for it is not reason- 
able to suppose the old-time undertakers would have made the wall 
irregular in order to provide a particular final resting place for one 
who was not then in need of it. Possibly the change in direction was 
made to avoid another grave just above the one described. The 
latter, placed directly in a line which the wall would have taken had 
its curve been regular, was made of stones set edgewise and inclined 
outward at the top. The bottom, which was only 2 feet 5 inches 
long east and west by 10 inches wide, was paved with small flat 
stones. On these was laid the body of a child 7 or 8 years old. 
North of this small grave was a larger one, the contiguous sides 
bounded by the same stones, so far as the smaller one extended. 
The larger grave was 6 feet 7 inches east and west by 23 inches north 
and south. Its construction was similar to that of the grave with 
which it was in contact—a cist of stones set up on edge, out- 
wardly inclined at the sides and ends, and a level bottom of thin 
slabs, on which was placed a corpse about 5 feet 8 inches long, ex- 
tended on the back with the feet crossed and the head toward the 
east; the teeth were worn flat, some almost to the roots; the body 
was covered with thin stones. 
When the vault was filled to within a foot of the top another body 
was placed in it with the head toward the west, and the filling in 
completed. Then a supplementary wall was built, consisting of a 
single row of stones starting at the southeast corner of the vault, 
extending northward, then westward, and again joining the vault 
at the northwest corner. This wall was plainly of later construction 
aThis may have been, however, a later intrusive burial. 
