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which by its dark admixture of organic matter, contrasted with the yellow sand of 

 other parts of the mound, began a deposit of earthenware, 4 feet across, which, con- 

 tinuing in, on or near the base, broadening to the N. and S., and contracting again, 

 ended about 11 feet from the center, thus having a length of about 14 feet. 



The vessels, of which we counted sixty-six, and doubtless some badl}- crushed 

 and intermingled were left from the score, were upright or tilted at almost any 

 angle, and nearly always in groups crushed into each other or separated by very 



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Fig. 35. — Vessel No. 24. Mound neai- Alligator Bayou. (About seven-eiglitlis size.) 



small space. All but two, which will have reference later, had the usual basal per- 

 foration, at least all whose condition allowed us to determine. 



Greatly to our disappointment, the vessels, which in size ranged from a toy 

 bowl holding hardly more than a thimble-full to pots of at least four gallons capaci- 

 t}', were almost exclusively kitchen ware of ordinary shapes and of flimsy material. 

 The majority wei'e undecorated. On but two were incised designs. One vessel was 

 covered with crimson pigment. Many vessels had the complicated stamp but, as a 

 rule, the impress was faint though several patterns new to us were present in the 



