256 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 
capacity, with slightly flaring rim, parts of which rise above the rest at three 
irregularly distant points (Fig. 7). There is a basal perforation. 
Vessel No. 5.—A curious vessel of coarse, yellow ware, that has had in relief, 
the head, arms, and hands, of a male figure. The right arm, now missing, with a 
hand of generous proportions, which still remains, crossed the body, the hand resting 
upon the left arm (Fig. 8). 
The fragment was the lower two-thirds of an undecorated, globular vessel, with 
a hole knocked through the base. 
Certain fragments found nearby belonged to a coarsely-made vessel, partly 
shown in Fig. 9. The lower part of another effigy-vessel, in many bits, was present 
in the mound. 
Four feet nine inches down was a lone skull, much broken. The frontal part 
showed no flattening. No other skull present in the mound was in condition to 
furnish any indication as to cranial compression. 
Two feet five inches from the surface were two femurs, one tibia, one humerus, 
Ете. 7.— Vessel No. 2. Larger mound near Carney’s Bluff, 
(Diameter 6 inches.) 
Fic. 9.—Fragment of vessel of earthenware. Ета. 8.— Vessel No. 3. Larger mound near Carney’s Bluff. 
Larger mound near Carney's Bluff. (Diameter 4.5 inches.) 
