CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 247 



remains.^ Tlie head of an aboriginal dog is represented as looking inward from the rim 

 (Fig. 193). Cabec^a de Vaca and the chroniclers of De Soto refer to aboriginal dogs in 

 Florida. Skeletons from the mounds show these dogs to liave resembledcollies, with 

 somewhat broader jaws. 



Vessel No. 75. — A life-form 

 from which the head and part of the 

 tail unfortunately are missing, is 

 shown in Fig. 194. The decoration, 

 similar on either side, represents fur 

 and conventionalized fore-leo's and 

 hind-legs. Judging from the flat 

 tail, possibly the representation of a 

 beaver is intended. 



Vessel No. 78.— A little bowl, 

 lenticular in shape, of less than one 

 pint capacity, imperforate, lay with 



Fk;. 193.— Vessel Xo. 74. Mound near Porter's Bar. (Full size.) 1 • i m j ±- ■ , n 



^'^^■' a burial. The decoration consists of 

 two incised designs shown in diagram in Fio-. 195. With this vessel was the 



astragalus of a deer. 



Such knuckle-bones were used in games. ^ 



Fig. 194.— Vessel No. 75. Mound near Porter's Bar. (Half size.) 



Vessel No. 82. — A vessel, somewhat globular in shape, of about 1 gallon 



capacity, having a complicated stamp decoration around the upper part (Fig. 196). 



Vessel No. 87. — Imperforate, of red ware, of somewhat less than one-half pint 



' For details, .see " Che.s.s aud Playing Cards," by Stewart Culin, po-. 826, H -m- Eeport U S 

 National Museum for 1896. lo > j i 



