20 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Thus Dr. Sellards' contention seems now to be confirmed, that man 

 existed in Florida contemporaneously with an extinct fauna. The 

 exact age of the extinct fauna, however, is somewhat uncertain and is 

 still an open question. Some authorities consider it middle or early 

 Pleistocene, but there are features connected with it which suggest a 

 later phase of that period. Only better collections and a very critical 

 study of all available material will satisfactorily solve this question. 



As a part of the work accomplished by this expedition, the old 

 locality at \"ero was again visited and the similarity of conditions 

 there and at Melbourne were verified. Also visits were made to other 

 localities, the most important being Okeechobee and New Smyrna. At 

 these places observations showed unmistakably similiar conditions of 

 sedimentation but in somewhat modified form. At New Smyrna the 

 No. 3 bed was thinner and had a greater percentage of swamp-muck 

 than at Mell)Ourne and Vero, and the No. 2 bed is composed of a more 

 compact and finer quality of sand. This bed contains abundant fossil 

 bones, of the same characters as those of the No. 2 bed at Melbourne. 

 Here also were found human artifacts and remains in undisturbed 

 natural association with the fossil bones. 



