Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 87.—Bird amulet of igneous rock. Moundnear Tavares. (Full size.). Fig. 88.—Polished spear head of red jasper. Mound nearTavares. (Full size.) inches in length; another slightly larger, of red jasper, with a high polish on eitherside, a very unusual feature (Fig. 88). A number of chippings of chert lay scattered throughout the mound. We see no reason to ascribe to this mound an origin other than pre-Columbian, 1 Notes on Primitive Man in Ontario, David Boyle, page 67, et seq.Antiquities of the Southern Indians, C. C. Jones, page

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Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 87.—Bird amulet of igneous rock. Moundnear Tavares. (Full size.). Fig. 88.—Polished spear head of red jasper. Mound nearTavares. (Full size.) inches in length; another slightly larger, of red jasper, with a high polish on eitherside, a very unusual feature (Fig. 88). A number of chippings of chert lay scattered throughout the mound. We see no reason to ascribe to this mound an origin other than pre-Columbian, 1 Notes on Primitive Man in Ontario, David Boyle, page 67, et seq.Antiquities of the Southern Indians, C. C. Jones, page 374, et seq. Ancient Monuments, Miss. Valley, Squier and Davis, page 239.Smithsonian Arch. Coll., Charles Rau, page 53.Primitive Industry, Abbott, chap. XXVI. CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 539 though a much smaller mound in the neighborhood, completely dug through byrelic hunters, is generally reported to have contained articles of brass or of bronze, while at the time of our visit glass beads were present on its surface. Mound at Barclays, Lake County. On the southernmost extremity of Lake Harris is t