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ing of the shell around them prevented an exact determination either of 

 their number or, in every case but one — an ordinary flexed skeleton — of the" posi- 

 tion of interment. During the entire excavation not a single fragment of pottery 

 was found, nor was an implement of any sort brought to light, 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



Four humeri showed one perforation. 



Four tibiae gave an average index of 58.8. 



No crania were saved. 



It is perhaps hardly fair to class as a burial mound a shell knoll but slightly 

 raised above the level of the surrounding shell, as was the case with Persimmon 

 Mound. The conditions of interment in many respects recalled those in the great 

 shell-heap at Orange Mound not far distant, an account of which we have given 

 in the American Naturalist for July, 1898. 



Indian Fields, Brevard County. 



Some ten miles south of Lake Harney in a direct line, but fully double that 

 distance hy the winding stream, the only means of access, are the Indian Fields, a 

 large shell deposit said to have been cleared and cultivated by the Indians. 



At this spot is a burial mound of sand 5 feet in height and 375 feet in circum- 

 ference at the present time. It is probable that frequent excavations made at vari- 

 ous times have increased the circumference at the expense of the height. The sur- 

 face of the mound showed many beads of glass. No serious investigation was at- 

 tempted, as the search of casual explorers had rendered it of little value. 



Long Bluff, Orange County. 



Long Bluff, on the west bank of the St. Johns, has an extensive shell deposit 

 of no great depth. Some distance from the water is a mound of sand 3 feet in 

 height and 75 feet in circumference. Partial examination yielded nothing of in- 

 terest, 



Mulberry Mound, Orange Countv. 



Mulberry Mound is an island lying on the west bank of the St. John's but a 

 few hundred yards below where the river leaves Lake Poinsett. The island is 

 mainly composed of a large shell-heap rising abruptly from the river's edge. It 

 has been fully described by us in the American Naturalist, August, 1893. 



In connection with the shell-heap, 45 feet northwest is a burial mound of sand 

 and shell having a circumference of 300 feet and a height of 8 feet 3 inches. 



Six days (1892-1893) were devoted to this mound with a party of eight, work- 

 ing mainly with the trowel, the portion of the mound containing burials being vir- 

 tually demolished. The mound was composed of the following layers : 



