14 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



It is worthy of remark that similarly shaped finger-rings of metal bands have 

 been found on Peruvian mummies, two such rings being figured 1 in Reiss and 

 Stdbel's magnificent plates. Unfortunately, the metal from which the rings are 

 made is not specified, but as they are shown of a deep green shade presumably 

 copper is represented. On ornaments of silver containing copper one is not likely 

 to find so marked and so uniform a deposit of carbonate. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The tooth of a fossil shark, about 4 inches in length, apparently unassociated, 

 lay 5 feet from the surface. 



Another shark's tooth, 1 inch in length, lay in caved sand. At its base was a 

 perforation possibly for suspension as an ornament, or just as probably for attach- 

 ment to a wooden handle for use as a cutting tool, such implements having been 

 found by Mr. Gushing in the mud near shell-heaps of the southwestern coast of 

 Florida. 



On or just beneath the surface, at a considerable distance from any burial, was 

 a polychrome glass bead which we believe to have been dropped upon the mound 

 subsequent to its completion. 



The interesting mound near Woodbine, which we have included here, has 

 nothing in common with the mounds of the coast, being on fresh water and at a 

 considerable distance from the sea. This fact should be borne in mind when the 

 contents of the mound are taken into consideration. 



Mound at Owen's Ferry, Camden County. 



At Owen's Ferry, on the left hand side of the Satilla river, going down, in full 

 view from the water, on the property of George S. Owen, Esq., of Savannah, is a 

 symmetrical mound apparently uninvestigated previous to our visit. It is pictur- 

 esquely situated on a bluff sloping to the water's edge and on it grow a number of 

 forest trees. The mound, considered a landmark, is in full view of the Owen house 

 and we deem it an especial courtesy on the part of Mr. Owen to have placed it so 

 readily at our disposition. 



In shape the mound resembles an inverted bowl. Its height from the east, 

 which may be considered a fair average, is 6 feet 4 inches ; its diameter at base, 

 52 feet. Over one-half of the mouud, the northernmost portion, was dug away and 

 subsequently replaced. The mound was composed of light yellow sand without 

 stratification. 



Small fragments of human bone in the last stage of decay, were present at 

 three points. 



1 " The Necropolis of Ancon," Berlin. Part III, Plate XXX, Fig. 14. 



