36 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCTENCE. 
Species of Fossil Crinoidea, from the Paleozoic Rocks of the 
Western and Southern portions of the United States,” illustrated 
with Plates. Ordered to be printed in the Transactions. 
Prof. G. C. Swallow stated that, during the last season, he had 
discovered and opened, with the assistance of the people of the | 
neighborhood, several ancient Indian mounds, in the county of = 
New Madrid, in the southeastern part of the State. The mounds 
were situated ina plain or wide basin, (not a river bottom,) 
and their bases rested on a layer of sand five feet below the sur- 
face of the ground ; and old forest trees were growing over them 
as upon the surrounding plain. The largest mound was 900 feet 
in circumference at the base, and 25 feet in height; and there 
were other smaller mounds in the immediate neighihorhoad. Sev- 
eral of them were opened by sections from top to bottom. In | 
mostof them were found various articles of earthen pottery, pipes, 
1 fish, together with small portions of 
human bones, "and some whole teeth. In the upper part of the 
darger t a 1, the plough, in making the excavation, struck the bot- 
] a-baked earthen jar or pot, about ten inches in diameter, 
otiom arai Pia taking it up, the top portion of a hu- 
ck: the convex ied ate Seemed: The mouth of the jar was five 
oe — diameter; bat the piece of skal was sense too rite sg 
