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Plate II 
Methods of excavating shell-heaps, A, Quarry island, and D, Olding island. 
A. View from the south of shell-heap A on Quarry island. Nova Scotia, showing men trowel- 
ling in from the quarry pit, in a section of about 2 feet of shell material overlain by quarry refuse. 
Scattered shell-heap material extended as far as the trees. (Page 7.) 
B - Section about 17 inches high in shell-heap D, near the landing on Mr. Donald McDonald's 
farm, Olding island, Nova Scotia, showing shells and black earth. (Page 8.J 
