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1 . The banks wliere Skeletons I and II were discovered 23 



2. Exposures of the southern bank 42 



3. Inclusion of human bones in a solid conglomerate of sand, etc 42 



4. Human skidl "in concrete " and filled with hard r)reccia 42 



5. Human bones included in hard rock 42 



G. Fig. 1. — Location of Skeleton II. Fig. 2. — Exposure of the muck and sand 



bed in which Skeleton II was found 45 



7. Adventitious stratification in the dumps, soulhcin bank 49 



8. The femora and left tibia of Vero Skelel on 1 52 



9. Right side of skull of Vero Skeleton II 56 



10. Top view of the reconstructed skull of ^'ero Skeleton II 5G 



11 . Ijeft femur and right idna of Skeleton II 58 



12. Humerus and radius of Vero Skeleton II 58 



13. Miscellaneous bones of Skeletons I and II 58 



14. Potsherds from the fossil-bearing Vero deposits UO 



TEXT FIGURES 



1. Vero, the drainage canal, and vicinity 24 



2. Sketch showing the strata exposed in the canal bank at Vero 25 



3. Sketch showing the strata exposed in the south bank of the canal west of 



the Ijridge 28 



4. Detail of section of the bank on the south side of the canal from about 458 



to 468 feet west of the bridge 29 



5. Detail of the section of the south bank from about 470 to 478 feet west of 



tlie bridge 30 



(i. The creek near Vero before the excavation of the canal 39 



7. The Vero Canal, between the spillway and the railroad bridge 40 



8. Portion of the lower jaw of Skeleton II; median incisor found in the vicinity 



of Skeleton II \ 56 



