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skeletons, three flexed on tlie right side, three on the left side. Also, there was 

 on the S. side of the mound, a great number of bones, including a large number of 

 crania, spread along the lower part of the mound. So thickly were these bones 

 placed, at times, that eight or ten skulls were in sight within a comparative]}- small 

 space. Unfortunately, though the admixture of shell in the mound tended to pre- 

 serve the bones, close packing of long-bones against crania had crushed the facial 

 bones of most of the skulls. Twelve crania, none showing flattening, were saved 

 from this mound, six of which are now in the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 (Catalogue Nos. 2210 to 2215, inclusive), and six, we trust, will be added later. 



With certain burials, was sand dyed with hematite but no artifacts lay with 

 the dead, though throughout the mound, were ten or a dozen shell drinking-cups 

 {Fulgur perversum), some neatly made. Curiously enough, none had the usual 

 basal perforation. 



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Fig. 83. — Selection of sherds. Mound near John's Pass. (Half size.) 



