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On the opposite side, where the entrance was placed, a third of the 
structure has been destroyed by an encroaching ravine. The part 
of the wall remaining is 2; 20; 38. 
No. 3.—The wall is now 214; 27; 48. A minor ravine is wear- 
ing away the south side. The opening is at the east, facing the 
river bluff, which is only 10 feet away. 
No. 4.—The walls of this site measure 3; 27; and 43 feet. It has 
lost several feet from the west side by the encroachment of a ravine; 
another ravine has reached the southern margin. The.opening is at 
the south, or facing No. 3. 
No. 5.—This is almost surrounded by deep ravines which have left 
very little space around the outside of the wall’except a narrow ridge 
toward the west. The opening is on the south side. The wall 
measures 3; 22; 54, 
No. 6—The wall is 2; 20; 54. The entrance is at the north. 
Parallel ravines are encroaching on the east and west sides. 
No. 7.—The west half of this has fallen into a ravine, and what 
remains is reduced by surface erosion. The entrance is at the south. 
The portion of the wall still left is 114; 20; 53. 
No. 8.—This has been entirely leveled with plow and scraper, but 
it can still be partially traced by the color. It is said to have been 
ihe largest of the group, and that the doorway was to the east, 
facing those nearest to it. 
A ravine 40 feet deep joins Old River near No, 2, cutting it off 
from Nos. 3 and 4, these three being near the river bluff. The same 
ravine, curving in behind the latter two, separates them from the 
others. 
All the ravines between the bayou south of Mound 1 and the point 
on which Mounds 12 and 13 stand have mostly or entirely formed 
since the earthworks were constructed. There is little question that 
at the time this site was occupied by aborigines the entire area 
around the curve of Old River from Mound 1 to Mound 13 was a 
continuous plain over which communication was easy between all 
parts of the settlement. 
MOUNDS IN WEST CARROLL AND RICHLAND 
PARISHES, LA. 
Bayou Macon (May-son) forms the western boundary of the 
parishes which border the Mississippi in the northeastern part of 
Louisiana, opposite Vicksburg. All the land on the east side of it 
and some on the west is subject to overflow during extreme floods. 
Two very large mounds, “about a hundred feet high,” were re- 
ported as standing near the bayou, 17 miles north of Delhi, on 
