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Near this mound, to the westward, is a considerable shell deposit composed of 

 irregular ridges having a maximum height of 7 feet. There is also a circular 

 enclosure of shell. These deposits are said to be the largest of the kind until the 

 great shell-heaps begin a few miles to the north of Cedar Keys, and this was con- 

 firmed by our observations later. 



Still farther westward are three flat mounds, which careful diffo-inff indicated 

 to belong to the domiciliary class. 



Cemetery at St. Andrews, Washington County. 

 For a considerable time citizens of St. Andrews and visitors to that town have 

 admired a collection of aboriginal earthenware in the possession of Mr. Isaac God- 

 ard, living at that place. Mr. Godard informed us that while digging in an enclos- 

 ure adjoining his home, he had come upon vessels of earthenware and, with the aid 

 of a rod, he had located and secured about twentv of them. 



Fig. 80. — Vessel of eartlienware. Cemetery at St. Andrews. (About two-thirds size.) 



According to Mr. Godard, certain smaller ones among these vessels lay with 

 burials, while others, bowls, were over skulls. In two cases human remains lay in 

 bowls each covered by an inverted vessel. 



With Mr. Godard' s permission, the field, a small one, surrounded by an irregu- 

 lar, circular shell ridge, 2 feet to 4 feet high and about 170 feet in diameter, was 

 carefully sounded by us. Mr. Godard's search, however, had been a thorough one 

 and only a single vessel rewarded our investigation. This one, a bowl, lay base 



