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of our investigation. About one-half the mound and all the central part were dug 

 through by us. 



The mound was composed of dark brown sand with occasional pockets of oyster- 

 and of mussel-shells. A central deposit of oyster-shells, with a diameter of about 

 15 feet, had a maximum thickness at the center of about 1 foot. Sherds were mi- 

 decorated or cord-marked. Outlying burials were present as in some of the Georgia 

 mounds. 



Burial No. 1, 31 feet S. W. from the center of the mound, 15 inches down, 

 were a pelvis and part of the thighs, apparently a late disturbance. 



Burial No. 2, 29 feet W. S. W., a skeleton, full length on back, head N. N. W., 

 9 inches down, sex uncertain through decay. 



Burial No. 3, 22 feet S. S. E., 10 inches down, a skeleton much decayed, flexed 

 on the right side. 



Burial No. 4, 16 feet E. S. E., on bottom of a pit, 3 feet down, was a skeleton 

 of a male, partly flexed on the right side, head N. E. 



Burial No. 5, 13 feet S. by W., 2 feet 5 inches down, in a pit with an undis- 

 turbed stratum of oyster-shells above, were leg and feet-bones in order, bones of the 

 right arm also in order, sacrum, some vertebrae, the lower jaw and some ribs. 



Burial No. 6, at the center, in a large pit, 3 feet 8 inches down, with charcoal 

 and fragments of calcined human bones, were two femurs, two tibiae and a fibula, 

 not in order, all unburnt. Three feet away, at about the same level, were burnt 

 fragments of bones, also ribs, part of a radius and a lower jaw, showing no trace of fire. 



Aboriginal Enclosure, Guerard Point, Beaufort County. 



In sight of the water, on Guerard point, on the Oketeet river, is a roughly 

 circular, aboriginal enclosure composed of marine shells, mainly those of the oyster. 

 It has been greatly lowered by the plow and considerably spread out. The present 

 maximum height of the walls is 28 inches, their average breadth about 33 feet. 

 The inside diameter is 65 feet, approximately. No oyster-shells except those of 

 the enclosure were discovered in the neighborhood. This enclosure (whose use we 

 cannot determine) is of the same class as that on Bull island, S. C, and the great 

 one on Sapelo island, Ga., figured and described by us in our previous Report. 



We are indebted to Mrs. C. B. Guerard, of Bluffton, S. C, for permission to 

 investigate on her property at Guerard point. 



Mound at Indian Hill, Beaufort County. 



In a cultivated field, on the property of Mrs. E. C. Paget, who kindly gave 

 permission to investigate, was a mound greatly lowered and spread out by cultiva- 

 tion. Its height was 17 inches ; its diameter, 47 feet. There had been some prev- 

 ious examination. The mound was carefully gone through by us without result, 

 save the discovery of a central deposit of burnt and unburnt bones considerably 

 disturbed and a few rough sherds, mostly cord-marked. 



