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| \ essel No. 3, a pot 7.2 inches in diameter, badly broken. The decoration, in- 
cised with a tool but having somewhat the effect of cord-marking, consists of vertical, 
parallel lines below the neck, under which are series of eight concentric, festooned 
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id figures of triangular outline, each made up of parallel, horizontal lines, 
decreasing in length toward the apex. 
In a field adjacent to the one in which were the mound and cemetery we have 
described, a number of trial-holes were put down, resulting in the finding of one 
skeleton at full length on the back, the head directed NE. The skull, in good con- 
dition, was sent to the National Museum. 
CEMETERY AT Linn Grove LANDING, MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. 
In a cultivated field at Linn Grove Landing, near the road which borders the 
bayou, on property of Mr. N. H. Huff, living nearby, are many evidences of aborig- 
inal occupancy. А number of trial-holes put down at this place yielded nothing. 
It was apparent that much of the dark soil in which burials might be found had 
disappeared through cultivation and wash of rain, and we were assured by Mr. 
Huff that in the past many human bones had been plowed up at this place, 
Immediately outside a fence enclosing that part of the field where the cemetery 
is said to have been was a small space covered with grass, between the fence and 
the highroad. Here we found one extended skeleton and a number of human bones 
considerably scattered. 
MOUND NEAR Linn Grove LANDING, MOREHOUSE PARISH, LA. 
Following the road leading out from Linn Grove Landing, about 1.5 mile, one 
comes to a mound in full view from the road, on property of Mr. A. K. Watt, who 
resides on his plantation nearby. 
This mound, about 8 feet in height and 65 feet across its circular base, built 
largely of clay, had been greatly dug into previous to our visit. Considerable dig- 
ging by us in such space as remained, and careful examination of parts where 
previous work had been done, yielded no indication that the mound had been used 
for burial purposes. 
Москов NEAR WILMOT, ASHLEY County, ARK. 
Two mounds of medium size, evidently domiciliary, one said to contain modern 
burials, and both apparently much dug away previous to our visit, one near Wilmot, 
the other on the river bank somewhat above, were not investigated by us. 
Mounp AT NOBLE LANDING, ASHLEY COUNTY, ARK. 
Between the highroad and the bayou, in full view from the water, at Noble 
Landing, on property of Mr. T. A. Barnes, who lives on the place, is a mound 4.5 
feet in height and 42 feet across its circular base. This mound, mainly of clay, was 
dug out centrally by us, and, in addition, was trenched from the margin inward 
without encountering bone or artifact. 
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