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which at this point was about 4 feet down. Toward the bottom of this pit had 

 been thrown two skulls and some other bones not in contact, but separated by a 

 certain amount of sand. Above all these more sand had been placed, and then a 

 small pile of bones consisting of certain long-bones, a clavicle and a skull which 

 was badly crushed. Immediately above these, forming an ajDex to the pile was the 

 skull of an adult capped by an inverted bowl broken but since pieced together. 



Fig. 6.— Vessel with Burial No. 40. Mound at Bear Poii 



This bowl, 11.75 inches in maximum diameter and 5.5 inches high, has a .small 

 basal perforation. The decoration consists of two animal paws between a design 

 made up of parallel curved lines surmounted by a punctate line. The small addi- 

 tion to this design shown in the half-tone occurs but once, and was probably inserted 

 to fill space (Fig. 6). Beneath one of the 

 skulls was a piece of iron. 



Burial No. 41. — An inverted bowl of 

 black ware, parts of which were not found, 

 lay over what had perhaps been a burial 

 of which practically nothing remained. 



Burial No. 42. — A skull with some 

 long-bones, having in association a discoi- 

 dal stone of volcanic rock, 3.5 inches in 

 diameter, and an object of iron, probably 

 the handle of a cutlass. 



Burial No. 43. — In a broad pit reach- 

 ing almost to the base of the mound were scattered five skulls and a great mixture 

 of other bones, mostly long-bones. 



Several small vessels were found unassociated. A vase of black ware (Fig. 7), 



Fig. 7. — Vessel of earthenware. Mound at Bear 

 Point, (Half size.) 



