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6,7, 8,9, 12, 13), and pieces of bone from which portions 
had been sawed off were found; no implements of stone 
were exhumed, though Mr. Swan found a small pestle, and 
Mr. Morse a chisel lying on the surface near the shore. ` 
A third deposit was examined at Hagle Hill, in Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts, situated on the borders of a creek, 
by which easy access is had to the sea-shore. The whole 
neighboring region consists of a series of low hills of 
gravel, some of them covered with boulders, but entirely 
destitute of forest trees. A few basswood trees (Tilia 
Americana) have been known to exist there within a few 
years, but otherwise those hills do not appear to have 
been wooded within the memory or traditions of the pres- 
ent inhabitants. Several shell-heaps are reported to ex- 
ist in the neighborhood, but the only one examined was 
on the easterly side of the hill mentioned above. This 
consists of several disconnected deposits of shells, which 
are in part spread out into a uniform layer, but in a few 
instances form small knolls from eight to ten feet in 
diameter. Near the water’s edge the shells are exposed 
by the washing away of the bank, but elsewhere are 
covered with mould and turf, and, in some places, even on 
the knolls, with a layer of gravel. In the more even 
portions, this last may have been washed down from the 
slopes above, but such could not have been the case with 
the knolls, for the tendency would have been to denuda- 
tion rather than to covering up. The shells, forming these 
deposits, are almost exclusively those of the common 
clam, which are still found here in great quantities, and 
yield a considerable revenue to those engaged in digging 
them. Large piles of recently dug shells may be seen 
along the ueiobbeine shore, and noticeably contrast with 
Roce from the Indian shell-heaps, in being thinner and 
