910 CERTAIN MOUNDS OF ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 
A large field adjacent to the Johnson property, which had been under cultiva- 
tion but was fallow at the time of our visit, was placed at our disposal by Messrs. 
Pettit and Pettit, of Stuttgart, Ark., to whom the warm thanks of the Academy 
are tendered. 
On the surface we found a brass dise about 1.5 inches in diameter, with a cen- 
tral perforation. Analysis by Doctor Keller showed the disc to be of very impure 
brass, containing, besides copper and zine, very considerable amounts of lead and 
iron, as well as traces of arsenic and silver. 
Еіс. 26.—Vessel No. 139. Near Menard Mound. (Diameter 6.5 inches.) 
We devoted part of a forenoon to this field, sinking holes here and there, with 
the result that seven burials were met with, all near together, in the highest part 
of the field. 
Six of these burials certainly were of the bunched variety, one containing 
bones belonging to at least two skeletons, Тһе remaining burial—probably a 
bunch also—had been disturbed by recent cultivation. в 
No bones were іп a condition to save. 
Twelve vessels were found in connection with these burials, many crushed and 
