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above the surface, as the head, spine and ribs, were — par- 
tially burned, while the lower parts were undisturbed ; 
fore the head, the highest part, was burned to such a ee. 
beer but small remains of it were at unconsumed. Now, od 
ing a 4 troph y yc as + ty are wont do pr ees combat with 
far inferior animals? Or, would the i es in that ease, 
have formed such an equal layer above the animal? would 
pm not rather have fallen from the protruding higher parts 
my ee 4 and have been washed off by the rains, or been 
own the winds in all directions, before alluvial ground 
could ie the spot? These are all —, that can not 
be satisfactorily answered by Dr. Koch’ 
_ 8. The arrow-heads and stone avairchagee ieee to prove: the 
resen¢ of Ti on that —not of antediluvian Indi- 
raries a the mastodon, but of the same Indians 
haneninis of years occupied — 
bee coe eh ape habits, from the old- 
The following co ' ib civeenndlines ces pe to. my 
mind the most natural and likely to sve the question . 
An Indian family, attracted perhaps by the springs, se selected 
centuries = that place for a residence, and fixed their tent 
' very spot, where, unknown to them, the 
A’ covering 
ven th to rested’ below. Wachee 
