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30 feet long. The width of the body was 20 feet and that of the 

 head 15 feet. The four legs averaged 12 feet long and 12 feet wide. 

 The average elevation of the mound above the surrounding sur- 

 face of the ground was 2 feet. The elevation of its highest point, 

 near the head, was 16.05 feet above mean lake level, while the end 

 of its tail was only 12.25 feet above the lake. This drop is due 

 largely to the slope of the land in this small ravine. The mound 

 contained a top fire stratum 2 feet thick, which would indicate 

 that the mound had been built up of ceremonial strata to the level 

 of the surrounding ground and then this great fire, covering the 

 form of the mound, heaped upon it. 



Time did not permit a careful study of the stratification of this 

 mound, as it was discovered in the dense underbrush after the other 

 mounds had been excavated. Ten holes, however, were dug at 

 various points on the mound, and it was found that the strata 

 were uniform throughout the mound to a depth of about six feet or 

 about 4 feet below the surface level. They were as follows : a sur- 

 face fire stratum, brownish sand, dark yellow sand, light yellow 

 sand, and red sand. It is probable that the bottom of the original 

 excavation for this mound was the red sand. Nothing was found 

 In this mound, other than the remains of fire, to indicate its use. 



MOUND No. 38 



Mound No. 38, shown in fig. 17, was in many respects the most 

 remarkable mound of this sub-group. It was a panther mound with 

 curious short, curved legs, and a 307 foot tail. Half way down its 

 length this tail, abutted on the tail of the eagle effigy, No. 39. Its 

 dominating position in this sub-group, is therefore, clear. 



The length of the entire mound was 372 feet. The long tail 

 measured 307 feet, and the body 65 feet. The body was 25 feet 

 wide. The length of the fore leg was 23 feet, and the width 12 feet. 

 The measurements of the hind leg were about the same, 24 by 13 

 feet, but the shape was different. Instead of lying at right angles 

 to the body, it was bent at the joint and curved in toward the fore 

 leg. The trend of this mound was E 20° S. 



The mound was raised above the surrounding surface of the 

 ground 2.66 feet, or 18.25 feet above mean lake level. A deep 

 excavation was made in the head of the mound to determine the 

 depth of the artificial strata, which were found to extend 6.1 feet 



