THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA. 



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material were colored with red pigment, while several bore new designs, one appa- 

 rently representing the stem of a plant with leaves, the whole surrounded by 

 numerous indentations. 



In this mound was remarked for the first time in comparatively many sherds 



Fig. 53. 



and vessels, a curious custom hitherto unnoticed by us on the river (and it is our 

 opinion that its occurrence would have been noted) and unreported elsewhere. 



Fig. 



Fig. 54. 



Fragmentary ware, instead of separation by a clean fracture, showed around the 

 margin the work of a pointed tool, through the agency of which the division had 



23 JOURISr. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. X. 



