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stratum No. 3, lying at the contact line between this and the next older 

 stratum. By reference to the general sketch showing the canal banks [fig. 2] 

 and to tlie more detailed sketch [fig. 3] it will be seen that at tins place the 

 later stream deposits, stratum No. 3 of the section, cuts sluirply into the older 

 formation, and for a short space cuts entirely th-i'ough stratum No. 2 and into 

 the shell marl beneath. [Pigs. 4, 5.] 



The bones from this skeleton were taken from the bank by Ayers, Weill s, 

 and the writer. In addition to the ulna and humerus, there were obtained 

 from cavings from the bank a part of a sphenoid bone, scapula, and a left 

 upper incisor, and in place in the bank the left ulna, a femur, radius, base of 

 a jaw, parts of the skull, and two metatarsals. Tlie first Ixme found in place 

 was the left ulna, of which the proximal part only was present, although the 



Fig. 3. — Sketch showing the strata e.xposed In the south bank of the canal from 4.52 to 

 480 feet west of the bridge. Horizontal and vertical scale, 1 inch equals 4 feet. 

 Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in the sketch represent strata 1, 2, and 3, respectively, of the general 

 section. At one place near the middle of the exposure stratum No. 2 is cut out by 

 stratum No. 3. Ihe dividing line l)etween 2 and 3 here as elsewhere is well marked 

 and is unmistakable. Human bones are found in stratum No. 2 at a, this being the 

 place from which the writer obtained a human astragalus, an external cuneiform, and 

 parts of the pelvis in place, as well as some other bones and flints from sif tings. 

 At 6 in this stratum was found a flint spall. A type specimen of a turtle, Terrapnie 

 innoala May. was found in this stratum at r. A foot l)oue of a horse was found at d. 

 Other fossils were obtained in this stratum. Bone implements were obtained from the 

 sand near a and near d. Stratum No. 3 consists of alternating lieds of sand and muck 

 which conform to the irregularities of the underlying deposits. Human bones were 

 found at the contact line between 2 and 3 at r, f, and r/. A numlier of other liones 

 were also found in this stratum lying at or near the contact line. This stratum con- 

 tains also numerous bone implements, pottery, and a few arrowheads and ornaments. 

 (After Sellards.) 



distal part lacking the extremities was later obtained a few inches farther back 

 in the bank. The bone next found, the left femur, of which only a part of the 

 shaft is preserved, was lying near the ulna and at about the same level. 

 Another piece from the sliaft of this bone was obtained the following June, 

 having been found several feet farther back in the bank. The radius, of 

 which tlie proximal part only was obtained, was found 5 feet north of east of 

 tlie ulna and at the same place in the section; that is, at the bottom of the bed 

 of sand and alluvial material. Owing to the slope of the bed at this place, 

 Itowever, this lione lay at an actual level fully 2 feet lower than the ulna. The 

 jaw and the parts of the skull were found chiefly lietween tJie ulna and the 

 radius and from a few inches to 2 feet farther back in the bank. One of the 

 foot bones, a fifth metatarsal, was taken about 8 feet east of the ulna and at 

 an actual level, owing to the cliange in slope, above that of the radius and 

 approximately the same as that of the ulna. Above the human skeleton 4 



