40 REPORT— 1872. 



are the teeth of a subject between the age of 15 and 20 years, judging from 

 the undeveloped state of the roots, which later in life would be longer, with 

 the pnlp-cavity at the apices considerably smaller. I notice upon the lingual 

 surface of the left tooth what I take to be a deposit of salivary calculus, which 

 leads me to suppose that they were already erupted from the gum, although 

 not sufficiently risen to have been used in mastication, as the enamel on the 

 masticating-surface does not appear to have been subjected to friction. It would 

 be impossible to say whether they are the teeth of a male or female ; but from 

 their strong likeness they are unquestionably the teeth of the same person. 



" Yours truly, 

 (Signed) " Charles Rodway, S.D., Li. R.C.S." 



With the exception of the jaw of a fox, and the incisors and bones of 

 rodents, all the osseous remains were believed by the Superintendents of the 

 Exploration to be those of a human subject of about the age indicated by the 

 wisdom teeth, and were all forwarded to Mr. G. Busk, who has furnished the 

 following Eeport on them, confirming, with a few exceptions, their human 

 character. The specimens were twenty in aU, and were numbered gyVx' 

 ■g-^ijy, and so on. 



Mr. Bus1c''s Report. 



" No. 5-gTT' Fragment of left ilium ; probably female ; age unascertainable. 



" 2. Not human. 



" 3. The sternal end of a human clavicle. 



"4. First phalanx of third finger, right hand; entire, but with the 

 epiphysial line of junction quite distinct ; age 18 to 20. 



" 5. Portion of body of lumbar vertebra, showing that the epiphyses were 

 ununited ; age the same. 



" 6. A fragment of the sacrum. 



" 7. First phalanx of fourth finger, right hand, with the epiphyses detached, 



" 8. Second phalanx of right thumb. 



" 9. Upper end of right ulna, of rather peculiar form ; the peculiarity con- 

 sisting in the straightness of the posterior angle and the breadth of the 

 square anterior face. Epiphyses quite united ; but as this union takes 

 place at 16 years, the bone probably belonged to the same individual as the 

 above. 



" 10. Shaft of humerus (?) of (?). Not human. 



" 11. Fragment of second right metacarpal. 



" 12. Distal portion of first metacarpal, or phalanx of thumb. 



" 13. Fragment of the shaft of a clavicle, of slender make. 



" 14. Fragment of tlie left ischium of a young ruminant of the size of the 

 ibex, or a large goat ; but may be by chance a young red-deer — not reindeer, 

 nor fallow-deer, nor roebuck. 



" 15. Right cuneiforme bone. 



" 16. Right pisiform bone. 



" 17. First phalanx of fourth toe. 



" 18. Second phalanx of fifth toe. 



"19. Third phalanx of third finger. 



" 20. Second phalanx of toe. 



"32 Harley Street, July 29, 1872." 



(Signed) " Gkorge Busk." 



The Superintendents incline to the opinion that, since the age of the sub- 

 ject to whom Mr. Busk ascribes the bones harmonizes with that of the person 



