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a large intentional perforation of the base. The vessel was partly filled with oyster 

 shells, though none was present on the surface at that part of the mound. On the 

 base of the vessel was the skeleton of a child three or four years of age, flexed to 

 such an extent that the head was almost in contact with the legs. 



X. 55 feet S. E., a layer of charcoal and sand, the upper margin 6 inches 

 below the surface, 4 inches thick at the start and 4 feet 2 inches across. It extended 

 inward 5 feet 3 inches, tapering off somewhat in thickness. 



Burial No. 8, 38 feet E., in the bottom of a small pit, 26 inches from the 

 surface and extending into undisturbed sand, was the skeleton of an aged female, 

 flexed on the right side, head S. E. 



Vessel E, 39 feet S. E. by E., 2.5 feet from the surface, was an imperforate 

 undecorated boat-shaped vessel, entirely intact. At either end was a small perfor- 

 ation for suspension. This vessel apparently contained no remains of any sort, nor 

 did it seem to be in the vicinity of a burial. Maximum diameter of mouth and 

 length, each 7 inches ; maximum diameter of body, 9 inches ; minimum diameter 

 of mouth, 4.1 inches; minimum diameter of body, 5.3 inches; height, 4 inches. 



Burial No. 9, 38 feet S. E., on undisturbed sand, on the side of a large pit of 

 undetermined limits, was a skeleton of uncertain sex, much decayed, flexed on the 

 right side, head S. 



Burial No. 10, 42 feet E. by S. This skeleton of a female, flexed on the right 

 side, head S., lay on undisturbed sand, 1.5 feet down. Oyster shells from the surface 

 lay with the loam around it. Beneath the chin was a shell pin of ordinary type. 



Burial No. 11,27 feet N. E. by E., on the bottom of a pit, 3 feet 9 inches from 

 the surface, 2 feet of which was into undisturbed sand, and having a diameter of 

 5.5 feet where it entered the undisturbed sand, was a badly decayed skeleton, 

 probably male, flexed on the right side, head S. E. 



Burial No. 12, 37 feet E. S. E., 2 feet 8 inches down, just above the bottom of 

 the pit, were traces of bones in powder. Three bits of chert and several small 

 flakes of mica lay with them. 



XX. 15 feet N., a pocket of charcoal in the sand, 15 inches across at the start 

 and 3 inches thick, tapering into the mound 9 inches. 



Burial No. 13, 32 feet E. by S., a flexed skeleton of a female, on the right side, 

 head S., let into undisturbed sand, 2 feet from the surface. 



Burial No. 14, 32 feet E. S. E., 1 foot 6 inches from the surface, were a few 

 crumbling fragments of bone, having with them two small polished chisels of stone ; 

 one graceful arrow point of chert and a nest of small pebbles formerly belonging to 

 a rattle. 



Burial No. 15, 27 feet S. E. by E., 2.5 feet from the surface, on the bottom of 

 a pit let 8 inches into undisturbed sand, was the skeleton of a male, on the right 

 side, partly flexed, the knees being at right angles to the body, head S. With the 

 remains were : a nest of small pebbles, several small fragments of a soapstone vessel 

 and three undecorated earthenware tobacco pipes of ordinary type, one against the 

 skull, the others loose in the sand, 13 inches and 15 inches, respectively, above the 



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