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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



inches nuder the noil. Broken pottery and some rude stone implements 

 were also found ; but a thorough examination was not allowed, as the 

 field was covered with cotton. 



.TEFFEKSON COUNTY. 



A mound on land belonging to the estate of Mr. Snuggs, 1 mile south 



of riarrettsou's laiuling, 

 was explored. This was 

 (•omi)osed wholly of sand 

 except the thin layer of 

 surface soil. Xo speci- 

 men of any kind nor any 

 indications of life or use 

 were discovered in it, yet 

 its form and appearance 

 were such as to show 

 clearly that it was artifi- 

 cial. Height, 10 feet; 

 diameter, 40 feet. 



A grouj) of three line 

 (ionical mounds, some- 

 thing over a mile north 

 of Linwood station, was 

 visited, but as they were 

 covered with graves per- 

 mission to excavate them 

 could not be obtained. 

 The average height is 

 about 15 feet, the three 

 being very nearly of the 

 same size and form. 



A short distance from 

 these, on the Houson 

 farm, are two other tu- 

 muli of similar form, one 

 L'5 and the other 30 feet 

 high, but being also cov- 

 ered with graves, dig- 

 ging was i)rohibited. 

 Excavations for the 



graves do not appear to have brought to light any pottery, bones, or 



burnt clay. 



IHK (U.AYTOX MOUNDS. 



This group, situated on the lands of Hon. Powell Clayton, in Sec. 30 

 T. G S., E. 7 W., and 10 miles southeast of Tine lilutt', consists of four 



