CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 137 
which is a representation of an open human hand bearing an eye upon it. This 
dise was lent to the National Museum, w here it remained a long time, but is at 
present in the Museum of the University of Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, where we 
had the pleasure of ds it in company of Professor Smith, through whose 
kindness and that of Mr. James A. Anderson of the Geological Survey of Alabama 
we are able to give a photographie reproduction of it (Fig. 7). This interest- 
ing dise is described and figured by Professor Holmes,! who, as any cautious archæ- 
ologist would have done at that time, rather discredited its ge muineness. In view 
of discoveries made since, however, the disc may be accepted without suspicion, 
and such is Professor Holmes’ opinion at the present time. 
Fig. 8.—Water-bottle from Moundville. (Diameter 6.12 inches.) 
In the museum of the University of Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, is part of a 
water-bottle, said to have been found at Carthage, which place, the reader will recall, 
is now known as Moundville. This vessel; which was courteously lent to the 
Academy of Natural Sciences by Prof. E. A. Smith and Mr. James A. Anderson, and 
is shown in Fig. 8, bears upon the base an incised design. Around the body of the 
vessel, which is somewhat broken, have been four designs similar, in the main, to 
! Op. cit., р. 278, Plate LXVI, fig. 
3 All measurements of earthenware vessels given in this report and in the three papers which 
follow it are iie tg hes ate. 
We а our preceding reports: “ It must be borne in mind in respect to process work that 
reductions In in size are made with regard to diameter and hy area, If a diagram 4 inches by 2 inches 
is to be reduced one-half, each diameter is divided by two, and the reproduction, which is called half 
size, is two inches by one inch. Тһе area of the ori inet iagram, however, is eight square inches, 
while that of the so-called half size reproduction is two square inches or one-quarter the area." Іп 
other words the reduction is linear. 
18 JOURN. A. М. 8. PHILA., VOL. XIII. 
