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been effected. Vessels bore evidence of similar treatment where portions had been 

 chipped away. This novel and unaccountable proceeding is well illustrated in 

 Figures 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57. 



Fig. 57. 

 Fig. 56. 



Sherds showing marks of pointed tools. (Full size.) 



Its occurrence was noted in a number of mounds north of Racey point so far 

 as and including the tumuli at Beauclerc, a distance of 30 miles in a straight line. 



Fig. 59. 



Fig. 58. 

 Vessels of earthenware, Racey Point. (Full size.) 



Another point of interest in this mound was the absence of base perforation of 

 any description in the earthenware. 



