FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN. 40$ 



the first joint of the fore-finger rests on the upper ridge 

 of the os pubis ; the two others, detached from their me- 

 tacarpal bones, are propelled downwards, and situated at 

 the inner side of the femur, and below the foramen mag- 

 num ischii of this side. Vestiges of three of the fingers 

 of the right hand are likewise visible, considerably be- 

 low the lower portion of the fore-arm, and close to the 

 upper extremity of the femur. The vertebrae may be 

 traced along the whole length of the column, but are in 

 no part of it well defined. Of the os sacrum, the supe- 

 rior portion only is distinct : it is disunited from the last 

 vertebra and the ilium, and driven upwards. The left 

 os ilium is nearly complete, but shattered, and one of the 

 fragments depressed below the level of the rest ; the ossa 

 pubis, though well defined, are gradually lost in the 

 mass of the stone. On the right side, the os innomina- 

 tum is completely shattered, and the fragments are sunk : 

 but towards the acetabulum, part of its internal cellular 

 structure is discernible. 



" The thigh-bones, and the bones of the leg of the 

 right side, are in good preservation, but being conside- 

 rably turned outwards, the fibula lies buried in the stone, 

 and is not seen. The lower part of the femur of this 

 side is indicated only by a bony outline, and appears to 

 have been distended by the compact limestone that fills 

 the cavities both of the bones of the leg and thigh, and 

 to the expansion of which, these bones probably owe 

 their present shattered condition. The lower end of the 

 left thigh-bone appears to have been broken and lost in 

 the operation of detaching the block ; the two bones of 

 the leg, however, on this side, are nearly complete ; the 

 tibia was split almost the whole of its length a little be- 



