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cayed. Various objects made of copper, stone, shejl and mica, 

 found in these mounds were of the same general character as those 

 of the large mound, and consisted of copper plates, spool-shaped 

 ear ornaments made of copper, a few small ornaments of copper, 

 one small copper celt, a crescent-shaped ornament cut out of slate, 

 and another small stone ornament, a few large beads covered with 

 copper, and a smaller one covered with silver over the copper, 

 like those found in the large mound, also shell beads and other 

 small objects which have not yet been examined. In fact, as 

 everything found during our explorations was immediately packed 

 on the spot, so as to prevent anything from being mislaid, broken, 

 or mixed with objects from another portion of the mound, we shall 

 not know exactly what has been found until the collection is studied 

 in the Museum at Cambridge. When this has been clone, they 

 will be described and figured, and a full report of the exploration 

 will be printed. 



A larger mound in the cornfield, to the north of the three above 

 mentioned, was also thoroughly explored. In this we found an 

 extensive bed of ashes and charcoal at the bottom of the mound. 

 This ash-bed covered nearty the whole area occupied by the mound, 

 and in it we found many fragments of pottery, and cut pieces of 

 mica, of various shapes. A large piece of grass matting and a 

 mass of burnt seeds, burnt nuts and acorns were found in the ashes. 

 In one place the charred matting was an inch or more in thickness, 

 showing several layers. Near the centre of the mound, and ex- 

 tending to the south, was a long, narrow pit, about 9X2 feet, 

 which was a foot in depth. At the bottom of this pit were a number 

 of burned stones and over them ashes and charcoal, fragments of 

 pottery and a few burnt bones. Thus it will be seen that the sev- 

 eral mounds connected with the extensive earthwork were erected 

 for different purposes and vary considerably in their structure. 



Near the eastern corner of the part of the earthwork which we have 

 called the great square, and within the line of the circular embank- 

 ment forming the great circle, stands the largest mound of the 

 group and known as the Edwin Harness mound. 



This mound proved to be of great interest and of a character 

 unlike any other we have explored. It is 160 feet long, from 80 

 to 90 feet wide and from 13 to 18 feet high along the central por- 

 tion, which rises gradually from the southern to the northern 

 part. 



