CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, LOWER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. 263 
its advantage as а place of refuge for cattle in high water, investigation was re- 
stricted to making a considerable number of holes in the summit plateau to learn 
whether or not superficial burials had taken place in the mound. Neither human 
remains nor artifacts were met with. The digging, so far as it went, showed the 
mound to be of clay. 
MOUND NEAR SANTA BOGUE Creek. WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
This mound, in a cultivated field about one-half mile in a southerly direction 
from the mouth of Santa Bogue creek, was about 1 foot in height and 48 feet in 
basal diameter. Careful investigation showed the mound to be of sand with a slight 
admixture of clay. It yielded no material result. 
MOUND NEAR MALONE’S GIN, CLARKE COUNTY. 
This mound, on property of Mr. J. М. Deas, of Coffeeville, Alabama, in a cul- 
tivated field, about three-quarters of a mile SSE. from the landing, is of irregular 
outline, its length being 40 feet and its maximum breadth, 28 feet. Its height is 1 
foot. A few fragments of charcoal and one or two bits of pottery alone showed the 
mound, which was of clay, to be of artificial origin. 
Near the river bank, below Malone’s Gin, are several small shell deposits made 
up principally of Quadrula heros, О. pernodosa, О. trapezoides, О. ebena, О. 
metanevra, Lampsilis purpuratus, L. clatbornensis, Obliquaria reflexa, Truncilla 
penita, Unio gibbosus. Scattered over adjacent fields are flakes and small masses 
of chert; pebble-hammers; bits of quartz; masses of ferruginous sandstone, pitted 
on each side; arrowheads and knives of quartzite; cutting implements and irregular 
masses of the same material; fragments of inferior pottery. 
MOUND NEAR Bass LANDING, Сностам COUNTY. 
This mound, in a cornfield, the property of Mr. D. B. Bass, of Bladen Springs, 
Alabama, is in full view from the river, about one-half mile below Bass’ Landing. 
The mound, which apparently had been subjected to much wash of water, had an 
irregular outline with basal diameters of 45 feet and 32 feet. Its height was 3 feet 
7 inches. Thorough digging showed the mound to have been made of a mixture of 
sand and clay, with much more sand in some parts than in others. No remains of 
any kind were discovered. 
MOUND NEAR Cox’s LANDING, CLARKE COUNTY. 
This little mound, beautifully situated on the edge of the bluff immediately 
above the landing, on property of Mr. J. W. Nichols, of Manistee, Alabama, had a 
basal diameter of 26 feet and an apparent height of but 2 feet. No sign of previous 
examination was evident. It was entirely dug down by us with the exception of 
parts around two trees. 
