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Pottery. — The pottery of this mound showed marked peculiarities which will 

 be described at length by Professor Holmes. Three small pots, imperforate as to 

 the base, were taken unbroken from various portions of the mound. One with 

 an upright projection from the side (Plate VIII, fig. 2) closely resembled a class of 

 pottery to be described later in connection with the Thursby mound. In this 

 case, however, the projection, or handle, did not start from a thick mass at the bot- 

 tom and extend upward along the side, but had its origin at the margin of the 

 aperture. 



Sherds wrought to resemble rude arrow heads were notably absent in this 

 mound, as we have noticed to be the case where the makers of the mounds seem to 

 have been well provided with objects of value for inhumation. 



Near the eastern margin of the mound was a solid animal head of pottery 

 4 -75 inches in length, with a maximum diameter of 2-1 inches. The body was 

 wanting (Plate VIII, fig. 3). Professor Cope considers this head as probably hav- 

 ing formed part of an effigy of the marsh rabbit. Arthur E. Brown, Esq., Super- 

 intendent of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, is strongly impressed with the 

 reptilian cast of features, and thinks it not unlikely that the fragment represents 

 the head of an Iguana, an animal found in regions south of Florida. 



Near the eastern margin of the mound, just below the surface, was a spool- 

 shaped object of pottery with central longitudinal perforation. Length 6 - 5 inches; 

 5 inches and 4 inches in diameter at ends. A broken surface at each extremity 

 debars any determination of the use of this curious object (Plate VIII, fig. 4). 



Entirely unassociated, was found a curious pendent ornament of clay, perfor- 

 ated for suspension (Plate IX, fig. 1). 



Another remarkable object was a coarse, thick, hollow, truncated cone of pot- 

 tery, laterally flattened, 4*4 inches in height, 6*5 inches in greatest diameter, max- 

 imum width 4-4 inches. The bottom had been intentionally omitted in manufac- 

 ture. On either side of the upper margin were apparently remnants of a handle 

 (Plate IX, fig. 2). 



The gem of the collection from this mound was an animal effigy in clay, prob- 

 ably representing a turtle. The head was extended, the tail curved upward, the 

 body was hollow. The sides and legs were ornamented with lines and dots in a 

 pattern common to certain sherds in the mound. Remains of red pigment were 

 traceable upon the body. From point of snout to tip of tail this curious effigy 

 measured 11*7 inches, its average width being 4 inches, its height 4 '5 inches (Plate 

 X). 



During the demolition of the mound certain sherds were found allowing of 

 partial restoration, the result indicating a gracefully shaped urn (Plate XI) . 



CONCLUSIONS. 



The mound in the pine woods near Duval's well illustrates how certain sand 

 mounds, resembling each other in a general way, vary in detail. The inhumation 



