wo fine specimensof these spade-shaped implements; oneon page 18 of his Certain Sand Moundsof Duval County, the other on page 22 ofhis Certain Sand Mounds on St. JohnsRiver, and says of them: Two imple-ments of the rare form known as spade-shaped were found in Mt. Royal. Bothwere of polished… … The larger, eleven and a half inches inlength, came from about the center of themound, at a depth of 5.5 feet from the sur-face. * * Unlike so many of our aboriginalrelics this implement is of a type unknown inEurope. It is of comparative rarity.though of wide distribution, in the United
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