Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . lay about 50 yards from the riversbank, though hidden, from view. Its height was 5 feet, its base diameter 47 feet,A large central excavation had previously been made by the owner of the mound,and we are of the opinion, judging from results obtained by us, that a report as tothe discovery of numerous articles during the first investigation is correct. Theremaining portion of the mound was virtually demolished. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 195 The line of the base was considerably below the level of the surrounding ter-ritory. Upon i
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . lay about 50 yards from the riversbank, though hidden, from view. Its height was 5 feet, its base diameter 47 feet,A large central excavation had previously been made by the owner of the mound,and we are of the opinion, judging from results obtained by us, that a report as tothe discovery of numerous articles during the first investigation is correct. Theremaining portion of the mound was virtually demolished. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 195 The line of the base was considerably below the level of the surrounding ter-ritory. Upon it was a layer of sand from one to two feet in thickness, blackenedby fire and filled with charcoal. In this layer lay many oyster shells and severalbones of the lower animals, among which were remarked part of the shell of aturtle, the lower portion of the femur of a deer, etc. A slight sprinkling of char-coal was apparent throughout the mound. Above the dark layer was sand of ayellowish hue to the thickness of about one foot, and this was surmounted by a. Fig. 66. Tobacco pipe of coquina, Mound on Mandarin Point. (Full size.) stratum 4 feet in thickness at the center of the mound, pink in color, and even attimes a bright cherry, through admixture of Hematite, Human remains were of infrequent occurrence. Five celts were met with separately, apparently unassociated with humanremains, from one to two feet from the surface. One was buried in a pocket ofscarlet sand; another, very symmetrical, has a length of 10-75 inches, the longestfrom Florida to come under our notice, though implements of this character 13 and14 inches in length are reported from other sections. Unassociated, about one foot from the surface, was a tobacco pipe of coquinawith original fracture of the bowl. It was additionally injured by the blow of aspade (Fig. 66). Nothing in this mound in any way pointed to White contact. Doctors Lake, Clay County. Near the northwestern extremity of Doctors Lake, at a settleme
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