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I did not viwit it, but exaiiiiued a large scow load of material brought 

 from it to Palatka for shell walks, etc. I was informed that it was 

 about 25 feet high and 100 feet long along the bank, with a swamp 

 behind it. 



"An examination of the material showed a similar assemblage of spe- 

 cies, many of which could not lia\e been gathered for food or any i)rac- 

 tical use. The consolidated material was also like that at Enterprise, 

 and I was led to suspect Irom these facts that the Satsuma mound 

 might have I)een like the former, artificially constructed of nnid from 

 an adjacent swaiaii. 



" The question having been recently discussed as to the use by exist- 

 ing residents of Florida of the fresh water shells of the region for food 

 and it having been incidentally stated by Wyman that the Morida 

 " crackers " eat the rahi(Jino ( VirijHtrd), and Unio, I made careful inqui- 

 ries among this class of people during my stay and found that none of 

 them had ever heard of eating Viripara and only in one case had rnin 

 been tasted, and then as a matter of curiosity, which was so well satis- 

 tied that the old man said that ' if tlie Lord would forgive him for that 

 one he would never try another.' 



"The error appeajs to have arisen from tlie fact that both the marine 

 and fresh-water spiral shells are called ' conchs ' by these people, and 

 the marine shells are not unfrequently used for food like ' winkles ' in 

 Great IJritain; so that Wyman was led to believe- that both were com- 

 monly eaten, which is certaiidy not the case." 



NORTH CAI?OLINA. 



CALDWELL COUNTY. 



THE PATTKR.SON (iKAIUNG. 



This work is situated near Pattei'son, in the northwest part of the 

 county and close to the Yadkin river. It is a terrace or jilatform ijartly 

 natural and partly artificial, extending out from the steej) terminus of 

 a low ridge, which here descends at an angle of about 45 degrees^ The 

 artificial portion extends out from the natural terrace about (i8 feet, 

 the height being 7 feet. A trench was cut half way across it, proving it 

 to be composed chiefly of waterworn bowlders, iind red and yellow clay, 

 with charcoal intermingled. Here and there pieces of mica were found; 

 at the ilepth of 2.^ feet from the top and 6 feet ti-om the edge was a pol- 

 ishing or whetstone, and at another point the fragment of a soapstone 

 vessel with rudely carved figures on it, proving. beyond question that 

 the terrace is in part, at least, artificial. 



THE T. I'. NELSON" MOUND. 



This mound, so insignificant in apj)earanee as scarcely to attract any 

 notice, but hiding beneath the surface such important mementoes of the 



