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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  Nadaillac* 
  that 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  mastodon 
  lived 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  on 
  

   Petite 
  Anse. 
  

  

  Hilgard 
  and 
  Fontaine 
  examined 
  the 
  deposit 
  during 
  their 
  visit 
  

   to 
  the 
  island. 
  Dr. 
  Hilgard 
  makes 
  no 
  positive 
  statement 
  but 
  

   seems 
  to 
  feel 
  rather 
  doubtful, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  detrital 
  nature 
  

   of 
  the 
  material, 
  that 
  the 
  reported 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  above 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  relics 
  really 
  represents 
  their 
  true 
  order 
  of 
  

   deposition. 
  Dr. 
  Fontaine, 
  though 
  writing 
  an 
  article 
  to 
  disprove 
  

   the 
  high 
  antiquity 
  of 
  man, 
  states 
  positively 
  that 
  "they 
  are 
  so 
  

   mingled 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  only 
  infer 
  that 
  the 
  men 
  and 
  animals 
  were 
  

   coeval, 
  "f 
  

  

  The 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  sink 
  holes 
  around 
  the 
  mine 
  made 
  it 
  

   possible 
  to 
  examine 
  these 
  deposits 
  more 
  carefully 
  than 
  before. 
  

   Bolton 
  states 
  that 
  potterj'^ 
  and 
  other 
  relics 
  are 
  found 
  mingled 
  

   with 
  the 
  mastodon 
  bones. 
  ;t^ 
  Dr. 
  Joor 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  any 
  

   relics 
  from 
  the 
  bone 
  bed 
  or 
  below. 
  All 
  those 
  seen 
  by 
  him 
  he 
  

   considers 
  of 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  origin 
  ; 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  hundred 
  

   years 
  being 
  ample 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  their 
  present 
  position. 
  § 
  

  

  The 
  waiter 
  carefull}^ 
  searched 
  in 
  the 
  bone 
  bed 
  for 
  objects 
  which 
  

   could 
  be 
  unquestionally 
  attributed 
  to 
  man 
  but 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   cover 
  any. 
  Numerous 
  pieces 
  of 
  cane 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  layer 
  

   and 
  some 
  had 
  a 
  peculiar 
  split 
  appearance 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  thought 
  

   to 
  be 
  artificial 
  but 
  turned 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  unequal 
  weathering. 
  

   If 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  cane 
  was 
  found 
  partially 
  embedded 
  in 
  clay 
  the 
  

   exposed 
  end 
  almost 
  always 
  had 
  the 
  split 
  appearance 
  while 
  the 
  

   part 
  enclosed 
  in 
  the 
  bank 
  was 
  perfectl}^ 
  solid. 
  Pieces 
  of 
  wood 
  

   showed 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  behave 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  wa5^ 
  

  

  A 
  section 
  about 
  50 
  yards 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  given 
  above 
  

   from 
  the 
  old 
  air 
  shaft 
  shows 
  the 
  greatest 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  pottery 
  

   bed- 
  yet 
  observed. 
  

  

  * 
  Prehistoric 
  American 
  by 
  Marquis 
  de 
  Nadaillac. 
  Trans, 
  by 
  N. 
  D'Anvers 
  

   New 
  York, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  36. 
  

  

  f 
  E. 
  W. 
  Fontaine. 
  How 
  the 
  World 
  Came 
  to 
  Be 
  Peopled. 
  

  

  J 
  Trans. 
  New 
  York 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  125, 
  1888. 
  

  

  § 
  Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  Archeological 
  and 
  Geological 
  Specimens, 
  etc. 
  , 
  

   Am. 
  Nat. 
  vol., 
  29, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  396. 
  

  

  