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obtained from points marked M and N on the contour map (Fig. 4). 

 It was at point M that the original discovery of human bones was 

 made by Mr. Frank Ayers in October, 191 5. But since that time 

 the bank at this point has been cut back five or six feet in further 

 search for bones, so that the exact resting-place of this first find 

 of bones can no longer be viewed. According to the description 

 given by Dr. Sellards, these human remains, or skeleton No. 1 as it 



Fig. 4. — Detailed map of the locality where the human bones were found. The 

 canal and the resulting dump piles have done much to change the original topography. 

 The dotted area represents the flood-plain of Van Valkenburg's Creek as it appears 

 to have been just prior to the digging of the canal. The first human skeleton was 

 found at point marked M, the second at point marked N, while human relics were 

 found also at point 0. (Reproduced from Symposium, p. 26.) 



may be called, were imbedded in brown sand about two feet from 

 the surface of the ground as it existed previous to the construction 

 of the canal. 1 Of these two feet, nine inches, next above the bones, 

 consisted of brown sand, above which lay one foot three inches of 

 sandy, fresh-water marl. All of this was originally assigned to the 

 lower creek fill. If this be correct the upper filling is wanting at 

 z Op. cit., pp. 131-32. 



