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much longer period than would necessarily elapse within the dates 

 indicated. The other, quite plausible, interpretation is that the 

 glass was dragged to the spot by a ground hog or other animal 

 whose runway had become obliterated by settling of the loose ma- 

 terial through which it was made. 



The only purpose of elaborating this subject is to guard in- 

 vestigators against attaching too much importance to an article found 

 under such or similar conditions, whether it be a "palaeolithic type," 

 or an " object undoubtedly of European origin." 



Thirty-five feet in, under three flat slabs whose upper surface was 

 a little more than 3 feet below the floor, was an adult skeleton, on 

 the back, knees flexed to the chest. The body had been laid in a 

 cavity dug in the clay to a depth of 6 inches. The bones were well 

 preserved and fresh looking, but light and fragile. 



Forty feet in, 3^ feet down, was a flat stone under which were two 

 sladls. One, shown in plate 6, was perfect, with a full set of sound 

 teeth; from the other, seen in plate 7, the lower jaw was missing. 

 No other bones were found except two cervical vertebrae, belonging 

 to the smaller skull. Undisturbed stratified ashes and roof dust 

 were 30 inches thick above the stone. 



To this point the trench was not dug to a greater width than 

 15 feet; it was now gradually extended to a width of 40 feet to 

 include most of the central portion. 



Sixty feet in, in the upper part of the clay, like all the human 

 bones discovered, was a skull with the scapulae, a few ribs, and one 

 arm bone. The lower jaw was missing, and two phalanges were 

 inside the skull. With the scapulae was one of a much smaller per- 

 son. Eighteen inches from these bones, and 6 inches higher, was 

 part of a lower jaw. 



At 50 to 60 feet in, on the clay stratum, lay a slab 10 to 12 feet 

 across and of varying thickness up to 18 inches or more. It fell 

 from the roof so long ago that the latter is worn and smoothed 

 above it in much the same way as at other parts. At the east edge 

 of this slab was a skull so soft and crushed that it could be taken 

 out only in small fragments; the teeth were very slightly worn, 

 though of large size. A few traces of other bones were found ; not 

 enough to identify. At the north edge of the slab were two skulls, 

 one of which is shown in plate 8; the other, which belonged to a 

 young person, is given in plate 9. The limb bones, scapulae, and 

 hip bones, with a few others, were in a small pile at one side ; but 

 neither lower jaw, no ribs, and only a few vertebrae were found. 



About 65 feet in, near the west side, an inverted pot which shows 

 no marks of use was found in a mass of ashes filling a cavity the 

 size of a half bushel, which had been dug in the upper deposit. 

 Scattered here and there among the ashes were also some mussel 



