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Excavations made within the enclosure gave varying results. At one point 

 yellow, undisturbed sand was reached about 1 foot beneath the surface. Another 

 excavation went through loam and midden refuse to a depth of 2.5 feet. Earthen- 

 ware in fragments, shattered bones of the deer and a fragment of a temporal bone 

 from a human skull were met with. 



In a description of this enclosure, appearing in a report of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 1 reference is made to two circular enclosures in the vicinity. One is at 

 present indistinct and has by no means the height assigned to it. The other escaped 

 our attention. 



Near the center of Sapelo Island is a mound of considerable size, the property 

 of a Mr. Keenan, or Kennon, with whom we were unable to come to terms. 



The Island of Blaekbearcl, called after the famous pirate of that name, lies to 

 the northeast of Sapelo. We are indebted to the courtesy of Dr. Edward Giddings 

 for permission to make any investigation we saw fit upon the island. Unfortunately, 

 we were unable to locate any aboriginal works upon it though " Monej- Old Field," 

 a tract formerly under cultivation, seemed to offer a likely situation. This field has 

 been fairly riddled by seekers after mythical treasure, and it is owing to this foolish 

 idea of buried gold that scientific investigators meet with hindrance from the ignorant. 



Mounds at Bahama, McIntosh County. 



Bahama, 2 situate at the union of Barbour's Island river and South Newport river, 

 has a wide expanse of cultivated fields, many of which, by the presence of numerous 

 low shell heaps, give evidence of aboriginal occupation. A careful search upon two 

 occasions was accorded to this promising site with but meagre result. Two small 

 mounds, each but little above the general level, were met with. These mounds 

 were not completely demolished, though the central parts were dug out, with con- 

 siderable additional trenching. In each case no interments were discovered save 

 in a central pit. 



In one mound the pit, filled to the surface with oyster shells, contained a con- 

 fused mass of human remains, including three crania unaffected by fire, With 

 these bones were fragments of calcined human remains and one piercing imple- 

 ment of bone. 



In the second mound, upon which only scattered oyster shells were visible, 

 was a pit about 3.5 feet deep, roughly circular and about 7 feet across at the top. 

 The sides of the pit, which converged, were coated with a layer of oyster shells, 

 about 6 inches thick. On the base was a deposit of remains similar in character to 

 those in the other mound, including six crania. A certain amount of hematite was 

 in association. 



1 1872, page 422 et seq. " Mounds in Georgia," William McKinley. 



2 The post-office at this point has, we believe, lately been given the name Lacey. 



