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8 The American Naturalist. (January, 
CERTAIN SHELL HEAPS OF THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, © 
FLORIDA, HITHERTO UNEXPLORED. A 
By CLARENCE B. Moore. 
_ (Continued from November Number, 1892.) 
(Second Paper.) 
SHELL HEAP THREE MILES NORTH OF PALATKA. 
This shell heap on the west bank of the St. John’s has been | 
largely washed away by the river, and in addition great quan- 
tities of its shells have been “lightered” to Palatka for use 
upon the streets. It was visited by Wyman and by Le Baron? 
who probably made no excavations, or at all events, did not 
put them on record. Implements found by them both at this 
point can be seen at the Peabody Museum, Cambridge. | 
This shell heap is peculiarly rich in relics of stone and of 
ment; one flat fragment of bone lined along the entire length, 
W. W. Calkins (Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 
Vol. 2, pages 226-227) explored a river mound “north of Palatka,” which may be 
dentica with the one under consideration, - 
' Smithsonian Report, 1882, p. 771 et seq. 
