914 MOUNDVILLE REVISITED. 
we find the symbol used apart from the animal and placed around vessels as an 
ornament simply'—this custom reaching far down the Florida coast. | 
Vessel No. 1 from the ground south of Mound Р, is a bottle found in so many 
fragments (some of which are missing), that it is not deemed worthy of reproduc- 
tion here. The engraved decoration, however (Figs. 54, 55), a winged rattlesnake 
on two opposite sides of the vessel, without horns or plumes, has been carefully 
traced out and is presented as it appears. | 
Vessel No. 34 from the ground south of Mound Р, is a water-bottle bearing an 
incised decoration (Fig. 56) showing the head, wings, and tail of the horned or 
Fig. 59,—Vessel No. 33. Decoration showing the plumed or horned serpent, (About two-thirds size.) 
plumed serpent, displayed separately—a design similar in the main to one found 
by us on our first visit to Moundville. 
Vessel No. 33 from the ground south of Mound D, is a bottle (Figs. 57, 58, 
59) bearing two engraved representations of the horned or plumed serpent. 
' Northwest Florida Coast, Part I, Figs. 7 and 25. 
? * Miscellaneous Investigation in Florida,” page 306. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. of Phila., Vol. XIII. 
