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enveloped in sheet mica and copper. Some fragments of bone, 
with carving upon them, upon Tablets 2 to 4, Case B 33 ; a large 
number of fossil sharks' teeth, upon Tablets 5 and 6, Case B 
33, and other objects were also found in this mound. 
Mound No. 2, ''Clark's Work." 
This mound is remarkably broad and flat. It measures about 
eighty feet in diameter, and is no more than six or seven feet in 
height. Two strata of sand were observed, but no trace of an 
. altar" was met with. In its place were two layers of hornstone 
cores and implements, placed side by side, a little inclining, 
one layer resting immediately upon the other. An excavation, 
six feet in length by four in breadth, exposed upwards of six 
hundred of these implements, but the full extent to which they 
reached on all sides was not ascertained. Some of these 
implements are shown in Case A 51, Nos. i to 8. 
Mound No. 5, " Clark's Work." 
In this mound the altar" was covered with stones, and 
instead of the usual sand-stratum, there was found a layer of flat 
stones corresponding to it. The "altar" was composed of 
earth raised two feet and a half above the original level of the 
soil. It was five feet in length by three feet four inches in 
breadth ; the sides sloped at an angle of nearly thirty degrees. 
This " altar" was faced on the top and on the sides with slabs of 
stone, quite regular in form and thickness, and which, although 
undressed, were closely fitted together. The stone is known 
as the Waverley sandstone, a variety underlying the coal 
series, thin strata of which cap the hills bordering these valleys. 
The modern Indians had opened the mound, and buried 
one of their dead on the slope of the altar. The marine shell 
{Cassis) which was found in this mound was probably placed 
there by them ; it is shown in Case E 6, No. 26. A few pearl 
beads and other objects, which formed part of the original 
deposit, were recovered. The ''altar" bore the marks of fire. 
Mound No. 9, "Clark's Work." 
This mound has several peculiar features. The "altar," 
instead of occupying the centre, was placed considerably 
towards one side, and a deposit of charcoal filled the 
corresponding opposite side. A stratum of sand curved over 
