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CERTAIN MOUNDS OF ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 571 
Fourteen trial-holes through dark loam to yellow clay below, showing the 
mound had been built and then lived upon, yielded no object of importance. 
MOUND NEAR MILLER LANDING, SHARKEY COUNTY. 
А mound near Miller Landing was reported by our agent to be about 12 feet 
in height and about one acre in extent, but as several houses were upon it, investi- 
gation was impossible. 
MOUND NEAR SWEET HOME LANDING, YAzoo COUNTY. 
We did not visit a small mound reported to us as being near Sweet Home 
Landing, as permission to dig was not obtainable. 
MOUNDS NEAR Bra MOUND LANDING AND SYCAMORE LANDING, YAZOO COUNTY. 
These mounds, included in the list of our agent as near Big Mound Landing 
and Sycamore Landing, were not investigated by us, the owner explaining they 
were needed for protective purposes in times of overflow. 
Мосхр NEAR FRIEDLANDER LANDING, YAZOO COUNTY. 
A mound near Friedlander Landing was visited by us, but not opened, permis- 
sion not being obtainable. 
MOUNDS NEAR O’NEILL’sS LANDING, Yazoo COUNTY. 
On property of Mr. R. S. Coody, living on the place, in a cultivated field about 
one quarter mile from O'Neills Landing, is a small circular mound 2 feet 6 inches 
in height and 35 feet in diameter. 
Seven trial-holes to the base, were put down with negative result. 
In woods one half mile in a northerly direction from O'Neill's Landing, 
also on property of Mr. Coody, was a circular mound 28 feet in diameter and 3 
feet in height. 
A small hole had been dug into the central part of the mound previous to our 
visit. 
This mound was totally demolished by us, two bits of pottery being the only 
discovery made. 
MOUND NEAR STELLA LANDING, YAzoo COUNTY. 
On property of Mrs. H. L. Taylor, of Bentonia, Miss., in a cultivated field 
about 100 yards southwest from Stella Landing, is a symmetrical, conical mound 7 
feet in height and 49 feet in diameter of base. 
Two holes, 6 feet by 3 feet each, which were about all the limited summit 
plateau could accommodate, were put down and later were considerably enlarged 
by extending them under the slope. 
