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these, perhaps, is the Manatee or Lamantin, of which seven repre¬ 
sentations have been found in the mounds of Ohio. These are no 
mere rude sculptures, about which there might easily be a mistake, 
but “ the truncated head, thick semicircular snout, peculiar nostrils, 
“ tumid, furrowed upper lip, singular feet or fins, and remarkable 
11 moustaches, are all distinctly marked, and render the recognition 
“ of the animal complete.” * This curious animal is not at present 
found farther north than the shores of Elorida, a thousand miles 
away o 
Ornaments. 
The ornaments which have been found in the mounds consist ot 
beads, shells, necklaces, pendants, plates of mica, bracelets, gorgets, &c. 
The number of beads is sometimes quite surprising. Thus the cele¬ 
brated Grave Creek mound contained between three and four thou¬ 
sand shell-beads, besides about two hundred and fifty ornaments of 
mica, several bracelets of copper, and various articles carved in stone. 
The beads are generally made of shell, but are sometimes cut out of 
bone or teeth; in form they are generally round or oblong; some¬ 
times the shell of the Unio is cut and strung so as to “ exhibit the con¬ 
vex surface and pearly nacre of the shell.” The necklaces are often 
made of beads or shells, but sometimes of teeth. The ornaments 
of mica are thin plates of various forms, each of which has a small 
hole. The bracelets are of copper, and generally encircle the arms 
of the skeletons, besides being frequent on the “ altars.” They are 
simple rings, “ hammered out with more or less skill, and so bent 
“ that the ends approach, or lap over, each other.” The so-called 
“ gorgets ” are thin plates of copper, always with two holes, and 
probably therefore worn as badges of authority. 
Earthworks. 
Defensive Enclosures. 
The works belonging to the first class “ usually occupy strong 
“ natural positions,” and as a fair specimen of them we may take the 
Bourneville Enclosure in Boss County, Ohio. “ This work,” say 
Messrs. Squier and Davis (1. c. p. 11), “ occupies the summit of a 
“ lofty detached hill, twelve miles westward from the city of Chilli- 
“ cothe, near the village of Bourneville. The hill is not far from 
“ four hundred feet in perpendicular height; and is remarkable, even 
“ among the steep hills of the west, for the general abruptness of its 
“ sides, which at some points are absolutely inaccessible.”. 
“ The defences consist of a wall of stone, which is carried round the 
“ hill a little below the brow; but at some places it rises, so as to cut 
“ ofi* the narrow spurs, and extends across the neck that connects 
“ the hill with the range beyond.” It must not, however, be under- 
* Squier and Davis, 1. c. p. 252. 
