﻿in] 
  The 
  Five 
  Islands 
  : 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  245 
  

  

  branch 
  owes 
  its 
  high 
  sounding 
  name. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  outcrops 
  

   along 
  a 
  line 
  running 
  northeastward 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Willow 
  

   pond 
  but 
  no 
  fragments 
  or 
  outcrops 
  were 
  seen 
  beyond 
  this 
  pond. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  this 
  stone 
  might 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  railroad 
  

   ballast 
  and 
  concrete 
  work 
  but 
  no 
  careful 
  tests 
  have 
  yet 
  

   been 
  made. 
  

  

  Section 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  im?ie. 
  — 
  The 
  large 
  sink 
  hole 
  northeast 
  of 
  

   the 
  mine 
  reaches 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  63 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  shaft. 
  It 
  thus 
  affords 
  an 
  excellent 
  exposure. 
  It 
  shows 
  little 
  

   besides 
  white 
  and 
  orange 
  sands 
  with 
  occasional 
  gravel, 
  and 
  

   masses 
  of 
  clayej'- 
  sand. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  crossbedding, 
  falsebed- 
  

   ding 
  and 
  landslips, 
  the 
  stratification 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  satisfactorily 
  

   determined. 
  

  

  Vertebrate 
  remains. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  interesting 
  sections 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  sink 
  holes 
  which 
  occupy 
  the 
  region 
  between 
  the 
  old 
  

   and 
  the 
  new 
  shafts. 
  Here 
  are 
  the 
  bone 
  and 
  pottery 
  beds 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  cited 
  as 
  evidence 
  that 
  man 
  and 
  mastodon 
  were 
  cotem- 
  

   poraneous. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  notice 
  of 
  vertebrate 
  remains 
  on 
  the 
  island, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   we 
  are 
  aware, 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Joseph 
  Henry 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  before 
  

   the 
  Chicago 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  on 
  the 
  verbal 
  statement 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   T. 
  F. 
  Cleu, 
  who 
  contributed 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  basket 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution.* 
  Owen 
  mentions 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   pottery, 
  but 
  says 
  nothing 
  about 
  fossil 
  vertebrates. 
  In 
  1883 
  Mr. 
  

   William 
  Crooks, 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Salt 
  company, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  bones 
  obtained 
  in 
  sinking 
  

   an 
  air 
  shaft. 
  These 
  were 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Joseph 
  Leidy 
  for 
  

   examination. 
  He 
  made 
  them 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  brief 
  communica- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  Philadelphia 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  in 
  1884! 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   detailed 
  report 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Wagner 
  Free 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Science 
  in 
  1889. 
  J 
  In 
  this 
  he 
  lists 
  : 
  

  

  Mastodon 
  americanus. 
  Mylodon 
  harlani 
  Owen. 
  

  

  Mylodon 
  sp. 
  (cf. 
  robustus 
  Owen). 
  Equus 
  major 
  De 
  Kay. 
  

  

  * 
  Trans. 
  Chicago 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  part 
  II. 
  

  

  t 
  (Notes 
  on 
  Fossil 
  Bones 
  from 
  Petite 
  Anse, 
  Louisiana) 
  by 
  Joseph 
  Leidy, 
  

   Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  vol. 
  36, 
  p. 
  22, 
  1884. 
  

  

  X 
  Notice 
  of 
  Some 
  Mammalian 
  Remains 
  from 
  the 
  Salt 
  Mines 
  of 
  Petite 
  

   Anse, 
  Louisiana. 
  Trans. 
  Wagner 
  Free 
  Inst. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  33-40, 
  1889. 
  

  

  