618 The American Naturalist. [July, 
ber of human bones were encountered. They were somewhat 
disturbed by the digging but were neither crushed nor broken 
as are the bones of the shell heaps, and it was evident that 
interments had taken place. Below the bones was a layer of 
pure white sand, so common in the burial mounds. This 
stratum seemed to a great extent to be local, being 1} feet 
through at the thickest part, namely, the northwest part of the 
excavation, diminishing on the east and west and being 
entirely lost on the south. Further investigations showed 
the white sand layer to decrease in thickness to the north, 
being but four inches thick at a distance of three feet beyond 
the excavation. 
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Sherd, Orange Mound. (% size.) 
By digging with trowels into the south side of the excava- 
tion, in a layer of almost pure brown sand was found the 
skeleton of a woman, buried at length in a horizontal position 
in perfect anatomical order. The skeleton as it lay measured 
5 feet, 14 inches in length. The position of the skull was 10° 
south of west, the feet pointing 10° north of east. The fore- 
arm lay across the pelvis. The body had been buried upon 
its left side and the left leg and arm were missing. It is 
almost certain, in view of the presence of every other bone of 
the skeleton, that these members, extending somewhat from 
the body, unlike the right arm and leg, were thrown out by 
the spades prior to troweling into the side of the excavation. 
The skull was somewhat crushed. The femur was 14} inches 
in length (tape); the humerus was not perforated. The tibia 
in lateral diameter was 58.2% of the fore and aft diameter, 
showing decided platycnemism. 
