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panying figure 11. Upon sifting the sand from this stratum at 
this locality five additional small flints were obtained. They may 
be spawls although it seems more probable that some of them at 
least are small implements. Three of these flints are illustrated in 
figures 7-10. 
FOSSILS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUMAN REMAINS IN STRATUM NO. 2 . 
The vertebrate fossils found with the human bones first discov¬ 
ered at Vero have already been mentioned. In the following list 
is given those which have been found in stratum No. 2 in associa¬ 
tion with human bones, flints and implements on the south bank 
of the canal from 460 to 470 feet west of the bridge. The bones 
found in place in stratum No. 2 at this place include the following: 
Odo coileus sp., left scapula and teeth; Elephas columbi, tooth frag¬ 
ments; Equus leidyi?, part of a tooth ; Tapirus haysiif, part of a 
tooth; and Didelphis virginiana, part of the lower jaw. Upon 
sifting the sand the followng additional species were obtained: 
'Sylvilagus sp., teeth and part of lower jaw; Dasypus sp?, dermal 
plate; Sigmodon sp., teeth; Neofiber alleni, teeth; Chlamytherium 
septentrinalis, dermal plates; Blarina sp.; Cryptotis floridana; 
bird, humerus and part of radius; Alligator mississippiensisf, teeth, 
dermal plates; batrachian, leg bone; snake, jaw and fangs; 
as well as acorns and fragments of wood. Of these fossils the 
scapula of the deer was found within a few inches of the human 
astragalus and at the same level, while the other specimens were 
found nearby, none of them being more than five feet from the 
human bones. 
In considering these vertebrate fossils it is well to bear in mind 
that stratum No. 2, here as elsewhere in the section, rests upon a 
marine shell marl in which few if any land fossils are found. It 
is evident, therefore, that the vertebrate fossils did not wash out 
of this underhung formation. Nor can it be assumed that the 
vertebrate fossils washed in from Pleistocene beds found elsewhere. 
Although fragmentary, the bones are not water-worn as they would 
be had they been transported from a distance after being fossilized. 
That the human bones cannot represent a recent burial is evident 
from the undisturbed condition of the laminated beds lying above 
this stratum. 
