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of hard stone of a light color, occurred with the tablet.  Both specimens were found from 4 to 5 feet below the surface during the first days' digging, which also exposed 16 human skeletons.  I could learn of no other relics having been discovered, excepting a clay vessel, said to be about the size of a gallon-measure, and taken out in fragments."  There is in the National Museum a cast of a somewhat similar object of cannel-coal, found under the surface in Ross. Township, Butler County, Ohio.  The cast was sent by Mr. J.P. MacLean, and the original is figured on p. 167 of his "Mound Builders" (Cincinnati, 1879).

The specimen acquired from Mr. Nissley is on account of its size, regular form, peculiar material, and perfect state of preservation, a most valuable addition to the archaeological collection of the National Museum.

[[underline]] W. M. Linney, Harrodsburgh, Mercer County, Kentucky. [[/underline]] A cast of a large flat-sided grooved axe; the original found in Indiana.  The cast was taken at the National Museum.

[[underline]]Illinois.
Bert Stewart, Decatur, Macon County. [[/underline]] A spearhead from Logan County, 2 celts from DeWitte County, and a grooved axe from Macon County.