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us on the St. Johns, on which river all beads are of thin sheet copper or of wood, 

 limestone, or shell, overlaid with a thin coating of metal. The copper beads from 

 this mound are more massive, and, while the method of manufacture by hammering 

 to overlap the edges was the same, the thickness of copper employed was greater. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The tooth of a fossil shark lay 3 feet from the surface. A notch on either 

 side had served as a medium of attachment by cord or sinew. 



REMARKS. 



In no portion of the mound was anything found in any way indicating contact 

 with the Whites. 



Gamble Mound, Marion County. 



This mound, about one-quarter mile from Stark's Landing, on property of Mr. 

 R. Gamble, of Tallahassee, to whom we wish to express our indebtedness, was de- 

 molished by us during three days in February, 1895. We take occasion here to 

 return thanks also to Mr. T. J. McKinnon, superintendent of the grove. 



The mound, long under cultivation, had been reduced to a height of 5 feet 8 

 inches. The diameter of the base, increased by material from summit and sides, 

 was 76 feet. 



The mound was composed of yellow sand, unstratified, with the usual particles 

 of charcoal intermingled. In the sand were present throughout the mound, pockets 

 of fire-whitened sand and deposits of charcoal. One at least of these deposits of 

 charcoal had been made subsequent to the extinction of the fire, as sand unaffected 

 by the flames was mingled with the charcoal. 



Throughout the mound, at about the level of the surrounding territory, was a 

 layer of an approximate thickness of 3 inches, composed of fire-whitened sand, 

 mingled with small particles of charcoal. At places in this layer, pockets of sand, 

 nearly one foot in thickness, showing marks of fire, and containing considerable 

 charcoal were met with. 



No occurrence of human remains was noted until well on toward the central 

 portion of the mound, when fragmentary bones, indicating the bunched burial, 

 were found, though by no means in numbers proportionate to the size of the mound. 



Sherds, plain and stamped in squares, were met with at every depth ; also 

 several portions of vessels with base supports. In the eastern margin of the 

 mound, on the base, 2 feet from the surface, was an undecorated bowl 4.5 inches 

 in diameter at aperture and about three inches high. The base has two perfora- 

 tions made subsequent to manufacture, one through the agency of a pointed tool. 



Six and one-half feet from the surface was an ellipsoidal object of shell with- 

 out perforation. These objects are not uncommon in the mounds. 



