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of the immense labor entailed in the construction of these great 

 earthworks, of which the crowning fire stratum was only one 

 feature. 



MOUND No. 39 



Mound No. 39, shown in fig. 18, was the only bird figure found 

 in this group. It lay facing the shore of the lake with its tail abut- 

 ting on the tail of the panther mound, No. 38, just described. The 

 trend of the outspread wings was E 5° S, but the body was placed 

 at a slight angle, or N 5° 10' E. The mound was very low, rising 

 only 1.5 feet above the surface level, or 17.24 feet above mean lake 

 level. 



FIG. 18— PLAN OF MOUND NO. 39 



The length of the body was 52 feet, while the spread of the 

 wings was 127 feet from tip to tip. The left wing was seven feet 

 longer than the right. The wings near the body were 18 feet wide, 

 tapering to a width of about 9 feet near the tip. The length of the 

 tail was 25 feet and its width was 16 feet. The width of the body 

 near the wings was 25 feet. The head was small in proportion to 

 the rest of the body, being only about 8 feet long and 8 feet wide. 



The top fire stratum, which has been mentioned perviously as 

 the main feature of this sub-group of mounds, covered the entire 

 figure. On the west wing and body it was a jet-black mass of dis- 

 integrated charcoal, while on the east wing it was much lighter. 

 On the tail and part of the east wing it was covered by a thin layer 

 of dark yellow sand. 



