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on Saturday was resumed. The party this time was increased by the 

 addition of Mr. Aaron Aten, of the Association, and Messrs. Roberts, 

 Bacon and Cabell, Students at the College. We were also favored 

 with the presence of Mr. Gralen C. Moses, of Bath, Maine, a gentle- 

 man much interested in archaeological matters, who showed his zeal 

 by coming more than a thousand miles, expressly to be present at the 

 opening of this mound. He remained with us two days and contrib- 

 uted much to the success of the work by his practical suggestions. 

 The first operation was the uncovering of a space some twenty feet 

 long by eight wide, and to the depth of three and a half feet, in 

 which nothing was exposed save a quantity of burnt clay and charcoal, 

 to which reference will again be made. The work of disinterring the 

 remainder of the skeleton discovered on Saturday, was soon resumed 

 and after an hour and a half of hard labor, conducted with great cau- 

 tion, we had the satisfaction of securing almost the entire skeleton, 

 only a few bones of the ankle and wrist and several phalanges being 

 wanting. It should have been mentioned above that in making the 

 preliminary excavation, a handsome and perfectly formed perforated 

 stone ornament was found, which, however, seemed to have no connec- 

 tion with the burial, as it lay at a considerable distance from the 

 skeleton and not on the same level with it. This skeleton has been 

 found to weigh exactly nine pounds. 



A more particular description of the crania and bones found is re- 

 served for a subsequent paper. It is an interesting fact that the breast 

 bone has been perforated by some sharp instrument, probably a flint 

 spear or arrow head, as the aperture is much larger on the outer than 

 upon the inner surface of the bone, showing it to have been made by 

 a tapering instrument. The external opening measures 1^ inches 

 while the internal one is but f of an inch. Under the right 

 thigh, near its upper third, was found a fragment of quartz rock as 

 large as the palm of the hand, one side of which was flat and polished, 

 the polished surface extending in the arc of a circle over one of the 

 edges. Unfortunately this relic was misplaced, and could not after- 

 ward be found. This concluded our "finds" for the day. The next 

 day, Tuesday, two workmen were set at work in the morning to deepen 

 the excavation, under the superintendence of Mr. J. B. Niles, the 

 writer, on account of College duties, not being able to reach the scene 

 of operations until noon. In the afternoon the skull of skeleton No. 

 2 was reached, (Plate 1, Fig. 8, B). This skeleton was in a very im- 



