WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN— HRDLICKA IO7 



The " December 1921 letter to Mr. Moffat " referred to above, 

 reads as follows : 



Dear Mr. Moffat : 



I got your letter about the skull. 



The following is from my note book: " Old Bone Cave : Skull (which might 

 be either man or monkey) found East side of Incline about 60 ft. level by T. 

 Zwigelaar 17-6-1921. 



"A mass of small bones (probably bat bones) all around it. 



" In afternoon of same day big portion of skull with teeth in good condition 

 (apparently lion) found in same place by Angelo. Block P 7." 



I gave the above in my report, either fortnightly or monthly, of the period, 

 which could be obtained from the Mine office in Broken Hill. 



A spherical stone implement, a collar bone' and a lot of casting (fossilised 

 skin or matting) were found practically in the same place. 



I have brought away with me none whatsoever of the bones or implements. 



The skull, and a number of other fossilised bones which Dr. Wallace (of 

 Broken Hill) considered of special interest,^ were packed in a box for Mr. Alac- 

 artney to take to London with him. 



There was quite an interesting lot of bones shelved in the office and the tool 

 hut at the mine when I left. Mr. Macfarlane, my assistant, who took over from 

 me, will know of them.' 



One huge bone which appeared to be the thigh of an elephant or something of 

 that kind, Mr. Macfarlane should have no difficulty in sorting out from the tool 

 hut ; an assay of a portion of it gave about 8 per cent Pb. and 4 per cent Zn ; 

 it was got from about the 40 ft. level many months ago. Another of special 

 interest is in the Survey Office behind the Engineer's Office; it has the appear- 

 ance of having been an elephant's hip bone or something of that sort, also from 

 about 40 ft. level. 



As the skull which is attracting so much attention was got from the East side 

 of the incline at about 60 ft. level, and a great deal of bone debris is probably 

 still intact in the incline itself, things should be watched with great interest when 

 the time comes for mining away of the incline when hoisting commences at 

 No. 2 shaft. 



Yours faithfully, 



(Signed) W. E. Barron. 



Another old employee, who was present at the time of the discovery 

 of the " Rhodesian Man " and who saw the specimen shortly after 

 it was discovered, could give no details of value. The importance of 

 the find was not appreciated, no special effort was made to go into 

 details, and the incident passed out of memory. 



* No such bone was remembered by Zwigelaar, and no such specimen is in the 

 British Museum (Natural History). 



^ This phrase deserves close attention. There is no intimation that these bones 

 were associated with the skull. 



■' This is doubtless one of the lots of bones found by the writer ; see later. 



