624 The American Naturalist. [July, 
in actual contact, lay six chisels or scrapers of shell, each of 
a different size, 8 inches, 41 inches, 3 inches, 2} inches, 2 
inches, 13 inches, in length, respectively; one shell gouge; 
one spiral instrument for cutting or polishing, 63 inches in 
length, made from the columella of the fasciolaria; four bone 
awls; one curved awl of bone, 4 inches in length; one sand- 
stone hone or whetstone; a large number of the smaller bones 
of edible animals. (See Plate XVI.) 
In order to ascertain whether these relics marked the site of 
a burial, the excavation was continued until a trench, 15 ft. 
by 4 ft., 3 in. by 3 ft. to 4 ft. deep, was dug. Atadepth of 8 
inches from the surface an arrow head was found, and during 
the course of the digging another hone, an oyster shell and 
several pieces of lined pottery were met with. There were, 
however, absolutely no indications of a burial. The chisels 
were perfect, with one exception, the hone showed no marks 
of use, and the points of the awls were intact. These relics 
therefore, are not the debris of the shell heaps, and their num- 
ber precludes the possibility of an unintentional deposit. 
With no human bones in association, a cache would seem to 
be indicated, although the presence of unworked animal 
bones—unless to serve as material for implements—is difficult 
to explain. 
In the southern portion of the Bluff a number of small 
excavations were made. Fragments of human bone, with 
broken bones of edible lower animals were met with. 
