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fire had colored it black and given to the surface a brilliant 
polish (Fig. 11). 
Stone. 
Just below the surface loam was a portion of a celt of slate, 
23 inches in length, polished and with ground cutting edge. 
Its depth does not identify it positively with the shell heap. 
1} feet from the surface was found a “sinker,” or pendant 
ornament, 23 inches in length, rimmed at either end for sus- 
pension (Fig. 12). This interesting relie cannot positively be 
attributed to the period of formation of the mound. It is 
probable that later Indians cultivated the mound which, more- 
over, within recent years has been ploughed to facilitate the 
planting of sugar-cane. 
Two feet from the surface a round sandstone hone was met 
with. 
At a depth of 43 feet was brought to light a celt of polished 
shale of rude workmanship, with the portion farthest from 
the cutting edge roughened, probably for insertion into a 
socket (Fig. 13). This find is extremely interesting, being the 
tfirs on record of an implement of polished stone found in a 
shell heap of the St. John’s at a depth to justify the belief as 
to an origin contemporary with the heap. Among other arti- 
cles of. interest brought to light were a sandstone hone, grooved 
through the sharpening of pointed implements, and a flat 
piece of coquina. 
At a depth of 14 feet, 8 inches from the surface was found 
a lance head of fine chert, 3.6 inches in length, thin and of 
graceful pattern, while 8 inches above were two lance heads 
of chert, one of beautiful design, barbed and having the base 
of the tang concave, fully as graceful in design and in finish 
as any stone point met with on the surface. Its length was 
3.8 inches. 
Its companion was of coarse yellow chert, with a length of 
4.14 inches, and had a natural defect through crystallization of 
the material. It wasof ruder workmanship. The great rarity 
of implements of stone in the shell heaps was commented 
* Positive d as to material has been found impossible without 
mutilation of specim 
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