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same level, he found bones of ordinary viscachas. Nothing was found 

 with the human bones. The locality was on the opposite side from 

 Ovejero and about 60 m. from the river. 



At one point near Sotehllo, on a small elevation, de Carles found 

 unbroken tosca covering 1 foot or more in thickness; on breaking 

 this, several teeth of a common cow were found, segregated; these 

 were for the most part entirely within the tosca, which was so hard 

 that it had to be broken with a hammer. The specimens are now 

 in the Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires. 



La Canada bones: The place here mentioned is situated about mid- 

 way between Sotelo and Las Thermas, on the Rio Hondo. Here in a 

 barranca facing the river, in a kind of alluvium which is deposited 

 unconformably upon inferior araucanian sediments and is much 

 inclined, Sr. de Carles found a piece of a human skull, one long bone, 

 and fragments of other bones of a human skeleton. These remains 

 were "petrified" and when struck "sounded like a bell"; the walls of 

 the long bone were stout, leaving but a small medullary canal. The 

 barranca was about 5 m. high, and the skull was about 2 m. from the 

 surface. The bones lay irregularly. 



A femur of a megatherium was found somewhat farther on, in the 

 alluvium at about the same level; there were no other objects. At 

 the base of the barranca, in what may have been fallen earth, were 

 two small pieces of "petrified" human bones. 



In front of Thermas and on the same side of the river as Ovejero, 

 is a locality known as Las Tinajas. No human remains were found 

 here, but the skeleton of a modern dog was discovered by vSr. de 

 Carles 2 m. below the surface of the ground in the face of a barranca. 

 The bones of the skeleton, which were quite fresh, were scattered over 

 about 5 sq. m. In these deposits, which are of the same nature as 

 those in the barranca at Sotelo, were several bones of Eutatus, some 

 of these lying superficially. There were also parts of Dycotilio, s]).; 

 these were on the surface and were eroded. When it rises, the river 

 reaches these localities. The Dycotilio consisted of only the skull 

 with scattered teeth, without lower jaw or other bones. 



Finally, a short distance below Sotelo and about 100 m. from the 

 houses of this settlement, toward the river, Sr. de Carles found the 

 skull of an infant. A part of the face of this skull was exposed on 

 the surface in a shallow depression. There was no barranca in the 

 neighborhood. Besides the skull there were parts of bones (perhaps 

 of the same skeleton) in bad condition. No objects were discovered 

 with these bones. The locality is about 400 m. from the river. 



Observations by the Writer 



The localities from which the "fossil" human bones under con- 

 sideration were collected, are from 20 to 35 miles southwest of the 

 smaU railroad station Gramilla. The road to this place passes 



