HRDLICK A] SKELETAL REMAINS 53 
Near the Lansing skeleton was found a portion of the upper jaw 
of a child six or seven years of age. The bone shows nothing ex- 
traordinary. Three of the teeth (first dentition premolars and a per- 
manent first molar) are still preserved; their size is moderate; the 
Fic. 7.—Coimparison of the nasion-opisthion arcs, geometrically constructed, of the Lan- 
sing skull and three modern Indian crania. Lansing skulls == Kaw skull 
(GID SING Ma isi secsscncaues Pawnee skull (550, N. M.) ; —..—..—..— Ponca skull (796, N. M.). 
enamel is white, quite bright, and without any cracks. The first per- 
manent molar shows three roots and four cusps. 
XV.—THE FOSSIL MAN OF WESTERN FLORIDA 
Several lots of human bones, more or less thoroughly fossilized in 
various ways, were discovered on different occasions during the latter 
part of the last century along the western coast of Florida, south of 
Sarasota. 
Tue Osprey SKULL 
This find dates from 1871. On June 4 of that year Mr. J. G. Webb, 
of Osprey, Manatee county (see figure 8), wrote to Prof. Joseph 
Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as follows: 
I discovered in ditching in my hammock a perfect skull. It was unfortunately 
broken in digging it out, but I shall send all the pieces and you will find no 
difficulty in gluing it into perfect shape. It was intentionally buried (without 
doubt) face up, lying on its back, about 3 to 4 feet below the surface, but had 
become surrounded by a soft, ferruginous rock, which is constantly forming 
wherever a spring comes to the surface. I live on a shell mound adjoining the 
hammock. 
