May, 1906] PROCEEDINGS S. I. ASSN. ARTS AND SCIENCES. 67 



dividual or body take immediate steps to preserve such a remnant 

 of virgin forest on the Island, this piece of woodland will share the fate 

 of the others. Some day we will have portions of the Island set apart 

 for parks, just as we have some already; but after the trees on an area 

 have been cut down, and the native plants have vanished, there will be 

 no opportunity to get a natural park, and our parks can at best be but 

 imitations of nature like the great Central Park and Prospect Park. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner exhibited a number of human bones and frag- 

 ments of skulls and read the following paper : 



An Indian Skeleton from Mariners Harbor. 



On May 12, igo6, while carrying on my investigations on the pre- 

 historic Indian village site exposed by the building of Milliken Bros, 

 iron foundry at Mariners Harbor, a grave was found exposed by recent 

 enlarging of the railroad cut which runs through the plant. 



The grave was found about 10 feet south of the first one which I had 

 opened in that vicinity. It was about 7 feet broad by 5^ feet deep and 

 of peculiar structure. A streak of black earth ran through the yellow 

 sand and formed a bowl shaped pit. This streak was about 6 inches 

 thick, broadening into pockets at both ends, and contained relics. At 

 the bottom of the pit were some very large sherds, which were later 

 restored and found to be the rim and most of the sides of a pot of 

 typical Algonkin style. The bottom only is missing. On the sherds 

 lay several stones, which indicates that the pot was whole or nearly so 

 when placed in the grave, and that the stones had been cast upon it 

 with the purpose of breaking it. 



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About I foot higher than the sherds and 3 feet to the west was found 

 the skeleton of a person above a-verage age, flexed as usual, heading. 



