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Rh found tough, tempered clay, some bits of charcoal, but no remains. This could not be regarded as an examination, being of so small a character. Further work on this mound might unearth interesting relics.

N.—A lake is situated a short distance east of mound M, on the farm of D. Kick, Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio. In draining this pond a cache of flint implements was discovered. Specimens of these implements may be seen in the Smithsonian collection. The remainder are in the author's possession. (See Smithsonian Report of 1877, article by H. B. Case.)

O, P.—There are mounds southeast of Odels' Lake, upon the summit overlooking the lake, on the farm of J. Cannon. They were excavated by Dr. Boden, of Big Prairie, Ohio, who has in his possession some teeth, jaw bones, and long bones taken from them. He says that they should be further examined. The author has not visited the mounds.

Q.—A mound stands on the summit of Dow's Hill, one mile northeast of Loudonville, just east of the Holmes County line. It was excavated about 1855 by Dr. Myers, of Fort Wayne, and D. Rust, who found a skeleton near the center, whose structure is of stone and earth. The top has since been leveled by the plow. In 1876, Mr. Lucien Bust made some excavations upon the site of the mound, and great numbers of stone were removed. At length a kind of pot or cist was unearthed, which was about 18 inches in diameter and 8 or 9 inches deep. It was formed of stone, and the edge was covered by other stones which made a roof over the pot. The removal of this roof or top showed that the cist was filled with charcoal, apparently closed while glowing coals. About 4 feet below this charcoal deposit human remains were found, reposing horizontally. Near the left hand was a perforated stone having the figure of a bird, resembling slightly the pheasant, scratched upon it. A part of a bone implement was also found. The bone, which is of firmer texture than the human bones, and is perhaps a part of the leg-bone of a deer, had been perforated, evidently with a stone drill. Lying across this lower skeleton and some distance above it were the remains of another. But little of the mound has been excavated, and further examination should be made. From the mound the view of the surrounding country is very fine. The mound proper has been obliterated for some years, but the site can be observed by a slight elevation and the great number of stones scattered about and upon it. There must have been a kind of hollow made in the Waverly shale which lies near the surface upon the underlying Waverly sandstone, of which the hill is composed, because when one digs the same depth elsewhere on the hill the shaly sandstone is penetrated. The stone implement is in the possession of L. Rust, Loudonville; the bones, bone implement, and charcoal are in the author s cabinet.

R.—This mound, similar to mound Q, is situated just north of Loudonville, on the summit of Bald Knob. For a long time it was supposed by the citizens of Loudonville to have been formed by counterfeiters in