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THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST REVISITED. 569 
Five feet down a graceful celt, apparently of sedimentary rock, was found, 
7.5 inches in length. 
About 8 inches below and 1.5 foot away from the celt was a thigh bone and 
part of the base of the skull of a child, aecompanied by a number of shell beads. 
Five feet eight inches down, apart from bones, was a fragment of an ornament 
of sheet-copper. 
ABORIGINAL CEMETERY IN CEDAR KEYS, Levy COUNTY. 
In the town of Cedar Keys, in a large vacant lot, about 150 yards in a south- 
erly direction from the principal school-house of the place, a large, brick edifice, 
is an aboriginal cemetery in ground on property controlled by Mr. W. R. Hodges, 
of Cedar Keys. This cemetery had been dug into to a considerable extent prior 
to our visit, though much of it remained intact. Remarkable stories of the dis- 
coveries made at the time of the earlier digging were related to us and of various 
interesting vessels accompanying the burials. So plentiful were the relics, it 
was said, that objects of interest actually had been dug out with spoons by per- 
sons living nearby. On our return to the North we addressed the Buffalo Society 
of Natural Sciences, of Buffalo, N. Y., for whom the work had been done, and 
most courteously were forwarded by Mr. W. L. Bryant, Director of the Society, 
who had participated in the investigation, details of the digging in the cemetery 
and, in addition, his illustrated catalogue, a very interesting book, and a large 
number of photographs of objects, mostly pottery, discovered in the cemetery. 
Fic. 39.—Vessel of earthenware. Aboriginal cemetery, Cedar Keys. (One-half size.) 
