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general level, is 18 feet. The diameter of the mound north and south is 150 feet; 

 east and west, 116 feet. The summit plateau is 60 feet by 28 feet. 



Considerable digging led us to believe the mound to be of irregular local layers 

 of shell and sand, covered with sand which, at the summit plateau, is about 3 feet 

 in thickness. A few burials closely flexed were met with, none at a greater depth 

 than 3 feet. While there was not sufficient digging to enable us to determine posi- 

 tively, it is our belief that this mound is of a domiciliary character with superficial 

 burials. 



About 150 yards N. N. W. from the mound just described, also on the property 

 of Mr. Chamberlain, is another mound, the N. E. slope of which has been eaten 

 away by a small stream. 



Excavations made previous to our visit, and the great section laid bare by the 

 stream, showed no presence of shell or indication of interments. 



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Fig. 1.— Plan of mounds and causewa; 



Disston City and New Cadiz are on the mainland a few miles south of Big 

 Bayou. Small sand mounds on properties belonging to Mr. Martin Campos and 

 Mrs. R. Barnett, yielded neither human remains nor artifacts. 



Point Maximo, Hillsboro County. 

 Following the coast line down we come to Point Maximo. About half a mile 

 in an easterly direction inland are several very interesting aboriginal works on the 



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