FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AT VERO, FLORIDA 57 



this junction the canal enters from the west the main-stream 

 valley, which it follows for some 800 feet. 



Along both banks of the canal Dr. Sellards had prepared sections 

 for the inspection of the party. One of these sections was extended 

 by Dr. Hrdlicka, who also opened up a new section along the east 

 bank of the tributary canal that follows the course of the lateral 

 valley entering from the south. Additional animal remains were 

 found daily during the stay of the party, especially in the middle 

 one of the three strata described by Dr. Sellards. As to the cor- 

 rectness of his interpretation of the stratigraphic section there 

 would seem to be little doubt. It remains to be seen whether all 

 his conclusions can stand the test with equal success. 



Dr. Sellards had brought with him from Tallahassee human 

 remains found to date in stratum No. 2 and along the contact line 

 between it and stratum No. 3, also certain flint chips, bone imple- 

 ments, the tip of a proboscidian tusk, and a fragment of a bird bone 

 — the last two with markings which he believed to have been 

 made by tools. These were all carefully studied by the writer 

 while he was at Vero. Later the human bones were sent to 

 Dr. Hrdlicka at the National Museum and will be the subject of 

 his contribution. From a study of them at Vero before the broken 

 parts were assembled, and without material at hand for comparison, 

 the writer agrees with Dr. Hrdlicka that they are in no way different 

 from Indian skeletal remains found in the sand mounds of Florida. 

 In the writer's opinion the markings on the tip of the proboscidian 

 tusk and on the fragment of bird bone, both from stratum No. 2, 

 are not the work of man. 



A consignment including flint chips and implements, bone 

 implements, and an ornament and potsherds were sent to New 

 Haven after the writer's return. The sherds and some of the 

 other objects are from stratum No. 3. Some of these specimens 

 were figured by Dr. Sellards; certain of the figures which seemed 

 to be inadequate in Sellards' work are reproduced herewith. 



The flint spall, No. 6964 (Sellards' Text-Fig. 11), was found in 

 stratum No. 2, in the south bank, 460 feet west of the railroad bridge 

 and 3 feet from certain bones of human skeleton No. II (Fig. ,1). 

 Another and smaller spall of identical material, which might well 



