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Fig. 9. 



Another mound circular in forna, and located a few yards from 

 number one, and marked number two in the diagram, on page 



7, was that examined. 

 This mound was about 

 five feet high and 125 

 feet in circumference. A 

 drift was made into the 

 side of this mound on a 

 level with the surround- 

 ing ground, and six feet 

 in width. A section of 

 this mound, with the 

 mode of exploration is 

 given on the opposite 

 page. After removing 

 the surface a layer of gravel one foot in depth, and on the sum- 

 mit a course of sand dipping downwards into the layer of earth 

 beneath it, was found. The ]ayer of black earth was three feet 

 deep, and this was followed by another course of gravel and then 

 a layer of earth one foot deep. A thin stratum of gravel was 

 removed, which was followed by finding ashes, charcoal, decayed 

 wood, and flint. These lay upon an altar of stones, composed of 

 limestone, yellow and red sandstone, resting upon a bed of yellow 

 clay. This altar was about one and a half feet below the sur- 

 rounding surface, and measured three and a half feet in length 

 by one and a half feet in height and two feet in width. The ex- 

 cavation was continued downwards to the depth of three feet, but 

 nothing was found. 



Two feet from the summit of this mound, there was a tree 

 growing which measured five feet in circumference. In the side 



of this tree, and fastened in the back, was a stone pestle, which 

 had undoubtedly been carried upward through the mound, during 

 the growth of tiiis tree. This pestle was composed of granite, 

 with a layer of quartz running through it. It measured six by 

 eight inches. 



Owing to the approach of winter no further explorations were 

 made of these mounds, but next spring it is my intention to con- 



