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foiind scattered tliioufjli it, most of tbeni intrusive and at various depths. 

 The mode of l)urial was somewliat different from the usual custom in 

 this region, thongh resembling that in mound No. 2 of the first group 

 mentioned. The first three ^yere in the eastern side at the depth of 12 

 inches, lying at full length; the fourth at the depth of 9 inches, the 



bones of which had been charred before burial ; the fifth at the depth 

 of 6 inches, bundled, lying on one flat stone and covered by another. At 

 another point were three skeletons, at the depth of 9 inches, one of them 

 at full length, the other two bundled. Four other skeletons, atthe depth 

 of a foot, were lying at full length on one layer of stones and covered by 

 another. Nine others were scattered through the mound at various 

 depths, some between stones and most of them bundled. 



