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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



Cutting a trench through No. 4 (the one at the extreme left of the 

 figure), tliere was reached first, a hvyer of sandy loam ISinches thick, then 

 2 feet of burnt clay, next a layer of charcoal and ashes 18 inches thick, 

 and thence to the base hard clay. No human bones or evidences of 

 burial were observed. 



YAZOO COtTNTY. 



I'HE CHAMrLlN .MOINDS. 



This group, consisting of four mounds, is situated about the center of 

 the county, 2 miles north of Yazoo City and 2 miles east of Yazoo river. 

 The mounds stand ou low, swampy land, about half a mile from the 

 hills, and during the flood of 1882 were surrounded by water. One of 



