558 THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST REVISITED. 
presumably they were few in number as the central part of this cemetery on the 
astern end of the ridge was entirely cleared out, and there alone deposits of 
'arthenware of any size were encountered. 
The trench, 2 feet deep, was 85 feet in length and 41 feet across at the be- 
ginning, tapering to 12 feet at the end. Also, at the middle part of the northern 
side of the trench, an offset at right angles was dug 25 feet wide and extending a 
distance of 14 feet, in order to learn if deposits of any importance had been over- 
looked. This, however, was found not to be the case. 
Deposits of earthenware in the central part of the cemetery, and scattered 
sherds in the outskirts, lay on the yellow sand or in it, none deeper than 20 inches 
from the surface. 
There was no base-line at this cemetery, nor was there any admixture of 
white sand with the yellow sand when the deposits of earthenware were enclosed 
in the yellow sand. Hence one is left in doubt how the ware could have been 
deposited in holes made through the present surface layer of white sand, or, as an 
alternative, how yellow sand could have been piled on a surface to receive the 
pottery, for in that case a base-line of white sand would remain. 
Fic. 30.—Vessel of earthenware. Aboriginal cemetery near Carrabelle. (Length 7 inches.) 
If, however, the aborigines cleared away the surface layer of bleached sand 
before interring the earthenware, the conditions under which the pottery was 
found can be understod, though we are by no means sure that this is the correct 
solution of the question. 
