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from the covering rock to the bottom, as nearly as could be ascertained, for the bottom of these graves is never covered with rock. The skull of this being, he said, was much larger than any he had before seen in these graves; but from the length of the thigh & arm bones, may be conjectured the height. He also sent the teeth, to the end that it might be decided whether they were canine, monkey, or human. The skull, though fractured, in his opinion retained enough of its original form to determine to what class of beings it once belonged. The body to which this skull belonged, seemed not to have been interred in the usual form, but to have been set up in the grave, with his back against the head rock of the tomb. The skull was found uppermost, and directly beneath it, the ribs, but these were so decayed, that they crumbled with the slightest touch, and could not be preserved. Next were the arms & thigh bones, lying beside each other, with their upper ends near the head rock, and the skull directly on the upper end of these bones; hence it is supposed the body was not prostrate. With this personage were found some other singularities; three vessels and two conch shells, when one of each set is customary in these small graves. The size & figure of the furniture is noticeable, namely: a vessel that, from what of it remains, appears to have holden a quantity between one & two quarts, whilst the other graves have