CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE N. W. FLORIDA COAST. 451 



Vessel No. 45. — A bowl, crushed to pieces, inverted over fragments of the 

 skull of an infant or of a young child. With the exception of a few missing parts, 

 this bowl has been pieced together, showing a perforation of the base. Maximum 



diameter, 16 inches; height, 5.5 inches. 

 The decoration, shown in Fig. 38, may 

 be divided into three parts, the two to 

 the right of the reader are repeated 

 around the bowl. The part to the left 

 appears but once. This bowl has been 

 sent to the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City. 



Vessel No. 46. — An imperforate 

 bowl of about one pint capacity, of ex- 

 cellent ware highly smoothed, having five 

 incised lines below the rim (Fig. 39). It lay near the skull of a child. 

 No. 47. — A small, imperforate pot 

 with two loop-shaped handles, found inverted, 

 by the side of an infant's skull with which 

 were three mussel shells. 



Vessel No. 48. — A flat-bottomed perforate 

 cup of inferior ware, with rude, symbolical deco- 

 ration, found near the surface. This cup, struck 

 by a spade, has been pieced together. Diameter 

 of aperture, 4.5 inches; of base, 2.8 inches; depth, 

 3 inches (Fig. 40). 



encircling 



Fig. 40.— Vessel No. 48. Mound at Walton's Camp. 



Vessel No. 49. — Part of a bowl of about two quarts' capacity, in fragments, 

 found with other ware, apart from human remains. This interesting bowl, showing 

 the influence of the middle Mississippi district, is a life-form representing a fish. 

 On one side a clearly defined head projects. Half way around, on either side, 

 projections doubtless represent fins. That part of the bowl which included the 



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