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formed a necklace. “They were made from the joints of Unio 
shells, were perforated in the middle, and strung together by 
sinews, fragments of which I found still in them. 
After having gone through these specialities, allow me now to 
give a short resumé of my observations, to draw some — 
conclusions from — and to venture an opinion respecting the 
origin of these gra 
1. The general conaictieica of these graves is coffin-like, their 
side walls, top,and bottom, being formed by flat limestones, joi: 
together without cement. The size of the graves was adapted to 
that of the persons to be buried in them. We find them, there- 
100 graves in sifferent prosoarat 
3. Children seem to have been buried i in separate ground. 
8 All the eosreme wi are situated on some elevation, slight 
as it may be. The bluffs, forming there a continuous chain of 
litle cones, were, therefore, preferred for that purpose. 
5. In the graves, that have been the least disturbed, the skelas 
ton is found stretched out at its natural length, and lying on the 
back. Being aware of the customary sitting re in I 
graves, I was anxious to ascertain this ss but, having found 
the bodies constantly in the same position, I entertain no doubt of 
the correctness of my present statement. The ornaments and in- 
struments are generally found on both sides of the head; ‘some- 
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6. The only weap _ graves are ae ints, 
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