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and receives a tributary from the north and another from the 

 south, each of which, however, is of very limited extent. The 

 tributary from the south reaches as far as the railroad station at 

 Vero, a distance of about a half-mile, and one prong also finds its 

 way across the beach and extends as an indefinite drain into the 

 lowlands a distance of possibly a mile. The tributary from the 

 north likewise divides: the west prong, crossing the beach, heads 

 less than a mile to the northwest, while the east prong, which does 

 not cross the beach, continues to the north, paralleling the beach 



Fig. i. — Sketch-map showing the locality near Vero from which fossil human 

 remains have been obtained. Scale, i inch = 4,ooo feet. No. i, pine lands; No. 2, 

 Pleistocene beach; No. 3, stream valley. The human remains were found in the 

 canal bank in this valley, west of the railroad and of the public-road crossing. 



to Gifford Station, a distance of about i§ miles. The whole drain- 

 age system is thus very limited, involving only a few square miles, 

 and is in striking contrast to the broad valley which the stream has 

 developed in its lower course. Owing to the breadth of the valley, 

 it may possibly be inferred that at some former time the stream 

 had a larger drainage basin than at present. This, however, does 

 not seem to have been the case, since a pronounced cut or stream 

 channel across the beach, if made, would have persisted to the 

 present time. 



