spontaneous of Orange trees—principally ified “Ditter 
sweet” (Geville) loaded with fruit in high perfection, and a 
spe 
remains of Indian towns, shows that they have been once well 
inhabited.’ 
Through the interest of Mrs. Henry Berger and Professor 
Henry C Beardslee we were soon pen ea and headed down 
Mosquito ee op a SuIvey of are Mound, and as far as 
we know the first 0 visit this unique kitchen- 
midden—a 2 poi of interest which a been well known for many 
generatio: 
urruque, eens ed on a map about the beginning of the six- 
teenth century, is the oldest name for Turtle Mound. It also 
has other names—Mount Belvedere ee The Rock (1769), 
Mount Tucker (1796), ie ate (18 
The governor of Florida the early hae of the sixteenth 
s Pedro d arra hi 
hill the Indians of cacao launch the canoes to go to sea.’ 
1 Reliquiae Bald 
2 An Account of East Florida ae _ ‘1881. Original published in 
1765 
2 Janette Thurber Connor, New Smyrna News, March 25, 1921. 
