character. 



Xo 7gl5 Among the numerous fragments of 



^^■^ ^^V^ in S are s P eciall y interesting : No. 7828, 



^BBjP ^ jjN^ portions of a small vessel that stood on 

 ^Bk { M three short spherical hollow legs. This 



W vessel is ornamented with stripes of 



red. No. 7755 is, probably, a leg of a 

 similar vessel but of a larger size and not colored. No. 7826 

 consists of fragments of shallow dishes, colored red. Nos. 7802 

 and 7808, probably portions of the same vessel, represent a pot, 

 of about the shape of No. 7762, 

 that had evidently been used to 

 hold the red paint with which 



ored. 



This last cut was received with 

 the collection, but the vessel which 

 it represents is either among the fragments and beyond recogni- 

 tion or was not received with the rest of the specimens. 



Prof. Swallow concludes his account of the mounds he exam- 

 ined about New Madrid as follows .— 



" These mounds appear very ancient. Soil has formed on them 

 to the depth of three feet. The largest trees grow on them and 

 the connected embankments, or levees. 



" A sycamore twenty-eight feet in circumference three feet above 

 the ground, a black walnut twenty-six feet in circumference, a 

 Quercus falcata seventeen feet, a white ash twelve feet, and a 

 chestnut oak eleven feet in circumference were observed on these 

 mounds and atv 



" The six feet of stratified sands and clays formed around the 

 mounds since they were deserted, the mastodon's tooth found in 

 these strata, and other facts indicate great age. These six feet 

 of thin strata were formed after the mounds, and before the three 

 feet of soil resting alike on the mounds and on these strata. 



" There are numerous mounds in this Swamp country. I saw one 

 in Pemiscot county thirty-five feet high, elliptical (longer axis N. 

 and S.), one hundred and ninety-five feet long on top and one hun- 

 dred and fifty feet wide. This mound is part <3f a large system of 



